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Efforts underway to stabilise market ahead of Ramadan: Commerce Adviser

UNB Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin has said that government efforts are going on to stabilise the prices of essential commodities, particularly in preparation for the upcoming Ramadan, urging media professionals

Entrepreneurship education project: Tk 935m financing awaits final govt approval

TDS Desk A Tk 935-million project to strengthen Bangladesh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by enhancing entrepreneurship-education infrastructure and curricula at universities is awaiting the final nod from the government. With a theme

COP29: Bangladesh seeks EU support for $200 billion to LDCs

TDS Desk Bangladesh has urged the European Union (EU) to support a proposal for allocating $200 billion to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the most climate-vulnerable countries so that

Bangladesh keen to work with Orbis to expand eye care services: Prof Yunus

BSS Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed Bangladesh’s eagerness to work and collaborate with global nonprofit Orbis International to expand eye care services in the country. Speaking at a

Taskforce finds S Alam operates 18 shell firms in British Virgin Islands

TDS Desk Controversial Bangladeshi conglomerate S Alam Group has been found to hold substantial investments in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a well known tax haven and base for shell

Moody’s downgrade doesn’t reflect economic progress since July upsurge: Cenbank

UNB Bangladesh Bank has discounted the Moody’s recent downgrade of Bangladesh’s sovereign credit rating, arguing it does not accurately reflect the significant political and economic progress made since July 2024,