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January 10, 2025, 11:49 am

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Crises hamper agarwood perfume industry’s potentials Investors adopting ‘wait-and-see’ policy as Jul-Sep proposals fall DCCI raises alarms over VAT and gas price hikes BNP lodges complaints with ICT over 2276 crossfires, 153 enforced disappearance BNP to persist with movements until democracy restored BDR carnage trial proceedings halted at Bakshibazar field after protests Most of 227 excluded BCS 43rd candidates can join duties: Secy SC hearing on Azhar’s review plea against war crimes conviction Jan 23 Missing Ctg court case dockets recovered, one arrested ‘Bullet fire from Indian side’ kills youth along Sunamganj border

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BRAC Bank, GUK to boost high-value crop output in Bogura char areas

TDS Desk: BRAC Bank and Gram Unnayan Karma (GUK) have again signed a strategic alliance to help farmers in remote char areas grow high-value crops using innovative agricultural technology and

Many banks are ‘clinically dead’, says CPD

Staff Correspondent: The Centre for Policy Dialogue think-tank says that several banks across Bangladesh are ‘dying’ and many are ‘clinically dead’. According to the organisation, the ‘dying’ banks can still

Mohsin Chy appointed BSEC acting chairman

TDS Desk: Commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Md Mohsin Chowdhury has been appointed its acting chairman, an official order said. “Commissioner Md Mohsin Chowdhury has been

BTMA new president Showkat Aziz

TDS Desk: Showkat Aziz Russell, chairman of Amber Group and former vice-president of the BTMA, has been made news president of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA). BTMA confirmed this

Tk 92,261 cr embezzled in 24 banking scams in last 15 yrs: CPD

TSD Desk: Around Tk92,261 crore has been plundered from the country’s banking sector in 24 major scams over the past 15 years – from 2008 to 2023, according to a

Food inflation hits record 14.10pc amid student protests

Staff Reporter: The country’s food inflation rate soared to an all-time high of 14.10% in July, driven by the student protests demanding the abolition of quotas in government jobs. The