A 27-year-long search for identity ended in an emotional reunion in Chattogram yesterday (8 June) after a DNA test confirmed the biological relationship between a father and son, allowing the son to ...

This staggering imbalance highlights a deepening risk aversion among global fund managers, who appear to be prioritising liquidity and safe-haven assets over frontier-market exposure.

The benchmark DSEX index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 36 points to 5,519, while turnover jumped 29% to a multi-week high of Tk1,387 crore ...

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He also said the estimated additional subsidy requirement includes around Tk10,258 crore for fuel oil, Tk11,170 crore for gas, Tk19,821 crore for electricity and nearly Tk1,350 crore for fertiliser ...

A video purporting to show the aftermath of a deadly strike on the city's eastern edge, whose location was verified by Reuters, showed debris strewn all along one ​road. Lebanese state media said ...

According to RAB, the group had been defrauding people by offering lucrative jobs and student visas in Croatia, Serbia, Portugal, Italy and other European countries.

The assailants allegedly entered the house by cutting window grilles, looted cash and gold jewellery, and fled after the attack; the teenage girl is in ICU with critical injuries ...

Finance minister says legal reforms - including a beneficial ownership register - are underway to prevent future capital flight; 30 affected banks have begun hiring international law firms on a no-win ...

Our first priority must be to achieve stability before we focus on growth, CPD distinguished fellow Mustafizur Rahman says.

Dominique Kuhling, Director for Asia and Oceania at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is visiting Bangladesh from 8-10 June, also attended the meeting ...

The minister also highlighted reforms under the Deposit Protection Act 2026, which raised the maximum protected deposit amount from Tk1 lakh to Tk2 lakh and extended coverage to depositors of finance ...