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March 10, 2025, 9:58 am

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Dhaka Bank distributes power tillers in Belkuchi Road crash leaves 2 HSC examinees dead in Kurigram Bangladesh among countries facing widest gender gap in mobile money use: Report Tk13,200cr wiped out as BSEC strife roils market SSC examinee drowns in Padma River in Rajshahi GM Quader slams govt for deteriorating law and order Over 2 lakh tonnes maize yield likely in Jamalpur BSEC officials return to work, ending the work abstention WB delegation calls on Food Adviser Govt employees to get March salary, Eid bonus on March 23

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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

Shafiqul Alam: Bangladesh unfairly portrayed in int’l media

TDS Desk Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday encouraged the independent newspapers and rights groups to do their probe into the reports of attacks on the Hindu community

Countrymen to see new political leader next year: Planning Adviser

TDS Desk Planning and Finance Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud has said Bangladesh is going to set a political government next year. “Income inequality remains one of the country’s most pressing

Short supply of soybean oil hits consumers

TDS Desk Bottled soybean oil has virtually vanished from the shelves of retail stores across the capital, driven by an import crunch and rising international prices. The shortage has left

Blueprint to make Tarique Rahman ‘villain’!

TDS Desk Like the 1/11 political changeover, a leading Bengali daily of the country is pursuing a ‘minus-two formula’ for its implementation. In 2007, the newspaper had drawn up a