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Revised budget may be Tk 50,000cr smaller

TDS Desk Bangladesh’s national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 is likely to be reduced by more than Tk 50,000 crore, with the entire cut expected to be made in funds

A company with a table, 2 chairs even got crores of loan: How IFIC was fleeced of Tk7,129cr

TDS Desk Northstone Engineering Ltd got registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Company in November 2019. Within five days it opened an account with IFIC Bank’s Gulshan branch and

SC upholds HC verdict scrapping 5 cases against Yunus

TDS Desk The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped all the proceedings of five cases filed against Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus,

Bashar al-Assad flees the country

AFP, Syria A Syria war monitor said that President Bashar al-Assad has left the country, after losing swathes of territory to a lightning offensive led by an Islamist-led rebel coalition

Bangladesh economy should be more open to escape middle-income trap: WB chief economist

TDS Desk Bangladesh should be a much more open economy to escape the middle-income trap, said Indermit S Gill, chief economist of the World Bank Group, on December 7. He

4 barriers to export disaster

TDS Desk Despite the potential for growth in sectors beyond ready-made garments (RMG), many industries remain underdeveloped. Analysts cite policy challenges, funding constraints, lack of infrastructure, and the weak bargaining