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Loan disbursements thru’ agent banking rise 48.60pc YoY in Sept

BSS Loan disbursements through agent banking surged 48.60% year-on-year, reaching Tk21,089.81 crore at the end of September, on the back of improved access to finance for rural people, according to

Commission: Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture

BSS The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has revealed that victims of enforced disappearance have endured inhuman torture in secret detention centres systemically. “The accounts of torture we have

Bangladesh named The Economist’s country of the year

TDS Desk Each December, The Economist names a “Country of the Year,” highlighting the nation that has shown the most remarkable improvement over the past year. This year, Bangladesh has

First Security Islami Bank: Almost 90pc of Tk 2,254cr loan to Sikder Group sours

TDS Desk As much as 89.3 percent of the credit extended by First Security Islami Bank, when controlled by the major Awami League beneficiary S Alam Group, to AL-affiliated Sikder

Chief adviser returns home after D-8 summit

TDS Desk Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home this evening wrapping up his Egypt tour to attend the 11th D-8 Summit. “A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the chief

Adviser AF Hassan Ariff no more

TDS Desk Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser AF Hassan Ariff passed away while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Friday. He breathed his last around 3:30pm at the Labaid