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Record remittances mask Bangladesh’s shrinking overseas workforce

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has recently posted record-breaking remittance figures, a development typically celebrated by policymakers as a sign of economic resilience. But behind the numbers lies a growing concern: the

Bangladesh issues sweeping road, transport guidelines ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Staff correspondent: As the nation prepares for Eid-ul-Azha, the Road Transport and Highways Division has issued a comprehensive set of directives aimed at easing traffic congestion, ensuring road safety, and

Aush yield hits 4-year low in FY2025

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s Aush rice production has declined for the fourth consecutive year, falling to 2.7 million tonnes in FY25 from 2.9 million tonnes a year earlier. The output had

Fear grows over repeated dacoity on Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway

Female passengers ‘molested’ during looting Staff Correspondent: An incident of bus Dacoity occurred once again on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway early Wednesday. A gang of robbers took control of a

Jul-Jan budget deficit up 73pc on slow tax receipts

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s budget deficit surged by 73.04 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period in FY24, driven largely by

Six get death penalty in Sirajganj for killing veggie trader

Ashraful Islam Joy & Sirajul Islam Shishir: A court in Sirajganj on Tuesday sentenced six persons to death in a case filed for kidnapping and killing a vegetable trader. The