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New Chapter in Dhaka-Washington ties: Biden and Yunus hold talks on 24 Sept

This is going to be a one-to-one meeting, a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says UNB, Dhaka: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to hold a

Gold smuggling threatens country’s economic stability

Smugglers use BD as a transit route TDS Desk: Bangladesh is facing a significant economic crisis due to the rampant smuggling of gold from Middle Eastern countries. Both local and

RAB-12 nabs 2 drug peddlers with 94 bottles of Phensidyl in Sirajganj

Staff Reporter: The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-12 in a joint anti-drug drive recovered 94 bottles of Phensidyl and arrested two drug peddlers from Hatikumrul Bagichapara area in Sirajganj

Post-flood economic recovery: BD seeks $1.0b aid from Japan

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has recently sought $1.0-billion budgetary support from Japan to facilitate the country’s post-flood recovery in the eastern region and also to weather the economic storm, officials said

Liquidity mishandling lands dozen banks in quagmire

Risky aggressive lending for corporate malgovernance also to blame TDS Desk: At least 11 of mushrooming private commercial banks (PCBs) in Bangladesh faced with financial vulnerability mainly for a lack

Poverty climbs to 20.5pc in last 2 years of AL regime

TDS Desk: The poverty rate in Bangladesh has risen to 20.5 per cent from 18.7 per cent in the last two years of the Awami League regime. This escalation has