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Is Bangladesh Finally Ready to Say Hello to PayPal?

Staff Reporter Over a crucial 15-day stretch, Bangladesh Bank rolled out three landmark circulars relaxing restrictions on outbound foreign-currency transactions. The policy shift marks the central bank’s most aggressive push

Media should be given to work freely: Info Minister Partho

TDS Desk: Information and Broadcasting Minister Andaleeve Rahman Partho has said journalists and media outlets should be allowed to work freely rather than being subjected to government control. He made

Govt pursuing short, medium and long-term plans to address energy crisis: Khosru

TDS Desk: Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Saturday that the government was pursuing short-, medium- and long-term plans to address the country’s electricity and gas

Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary seat declared vacant

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat has declared the Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary seat vacant after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who won the constituency in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election, assumed office

President pays tribute at National Memorial

BSS: The newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday paid tribute to the martyrs of the greater War of Liberation by placing wreath at the National Memorial in

Mirza Fakhrul sworn in as 23rd president

TDS Desk: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on Thursday. Acting speaker Barrsiter Kayser Kamal administered the oath of office to the newly