Bangladesh loses ground in Europe’s garment market

Smooth transition legitimate request from Bangladesh

Bangladesh's request for a smooth-transition mechanism after the graduation from the least-developed-country (LDC) category is "legitimate", says WTO deputy chief Xiangchen Zhang about the country's move for getting the process deferred. T...

ECNEC clears 12 projects involving Tk 1.68 trillion

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 12 major development projects with an estimated total expenditure of Tk 1.689 trillion. The approval was finalized during an ECNEC meeting presided over by the P...

Smooth transition legitimate request from Bangladesh

ECNEC clears 12 projects involving Tk 1.68 trillion

BB stimulus fails to buoy up private sector credit demand

Formal credit growth for private sector stayed almost stagnated in indication that fund demand and concomitant bank lending have yet to pick up despite government stimulus for revamping economic activity. According to latest st...

Economic outlook upgrades to stable from negative

Remittance inflow hits $1.52 billion in first 14 days of September

Moody’s upgrades Bangladesh’s sovereign outlook to stable

World Bank plans disbursing $2.03b soft credit to Bangladesh

Greater revenue burden falls on large taxpayers

BB ties MDs’ performance to 100-mark evaluation framework

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Gateways of the future

The global supply chain is being rebuilt in real time. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, conflicts, climate disruptions and cyberattacks are compelling companies to reassess where they source, manufacture and transport goods. The traditional...

LDCs lag behind trade in services

A decade after the launch of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress toward achieving them remains far from optimal. With less than four years to the 2030 deadline, the prospect looks gloomy. SDG target 17.11...

Opinions

Breaking the syndicate in manpower trade

The prospect of Malaysia reopening its labour market to Bangladeshi workers offers a ray of hope. However, there is a catch. The authorities in both countries appear to be repeating the same failed policy of the past by restricting open com...

Is Bangladesh's economy ageing before it grows rich?

Bangladesh's young people aspire to quality education, dignified work, and a secure future. Yet the country faces an uncomfortable question: is Bangladesh turning its youth into economic strength or drifting toward an ageing economy before...

Plunder or extortion economy

National Professor Mahbub Ullah recently described Bangladesh as a "plunder economy," arguing that extortion operates as a form of informal taxation that distorts investment and prevents the economy from becoming genuinely productive. His c...

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Stocks fall in early trading amid high volatility

Stocks fell in early trading on Thursday after gaining for two consecutive sessions, as investors remained cautious amid persistent concerns over Bangladesh's prolonged energy crisis and renewed global monetary tightening. Market operators...

BRAC Bank only Bangladeshi lender on Forbes' top 500 banks list

BRAC Bank has emerged as the only Bangladeshi lender among Forbes' 500 top-performing banks globally, securing the 73rd position in the lower mid-size category in the US magazine's inaugural ranking. The "World's Top Performing...

Stocks fall in early trading amid high volatility

BRAC Bank only Bangladeshi lender on Forbes' top 500 banks list

Dominage Steel top brass fined Tk 51m for IPO fund utilisation lapses

The market watchdog has slapped an aggregate fine of Tk 51 million on the chairman, directors and senior officials of Dominage Steel Building Systems for failing to properly utilise IPO proceeds, deviating from the approved utilisation plan...

Opinions

The myth of 300,000 registered entities with RJSC

Bangladesh's business landscape is often described with a headline statistic: more than 300,000 entities are registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC). This figure is quoted routinely — by policymakers, d...

Bringing truth back to land registration

As the National Board of Revenue embarks on its customary round of pre-budget consultations with business associations, economists, journalists and other stakeholders ahead of the upcoming national budget, the fiscal pressures bearing down...

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City Bank introduces American Express Ultramarine Credit Card in Bangladesh

City Bank has announced the launch of the City Bank American Express Ultramarine Credit Card, a new premium card designed for customers in Bangladesh seeking travel, lifestyle and everyday spending benefits. The card will be available in b...

Bangladesh seeks greater French investment in key sectors

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Thursday encouraged greater French investment in Bangladesh and highlighted the potential for enhanced cooperation in promising sectors, including infrastructure, renewable energy, space,...

City Bank introduces American Express Ultramarine Credit Card in Bangladesh

Bangladesh seeks greater French investment in key sectors

Abul Khair Group reopens four closed jute mills, creates jobs for 15,000

Abul Khair Group has reopened four closed private-sector jute mills in Faridpur and Kushtia, creating employment opportunities for around 15,000 workers, according to a press release Thursday. The four mills are Razzaque Jute Industries, D...

Fall in Hilsa hauls calls for effective conservation

Fertiliser in stock, but shortage in field

Bangladesh may have enough fertilisers in its warehouses, but that does not necessarily mean farmers get those when they need. This seemingly simple distinction lies at the heart of the disruption now being reported from several parts of th...

NationalNational

Digital ticketing can transform public transport

Digital ticketing could bring greater transparency and accountability to Bangladesh's fragmented public transport system while generating valuable data for better planning, speakers said at a roundtable on Wednesday. They called for an int...

NationalNational

Digital ticketing can transform public transport

PM accords reception to winners of international Quran competition

EC to hold preparatory meeting on local govt elections this afternoon

TCB's digital transformation to cut annual subsidy by up to Tk 3.5 billion: Commerce Minister

Abul Khayer appointed DG of PMO

Dhaka revives 20-year plan to move Karwan Bazar, but are the alternatives ready?

59 per cent of measles patients were infected inside hospitals and clinics, study finds

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From 101 pacts to Bay of Bengal

Opinions

Flawed evaluation of examinees' performance

The ruckus caused following the 62.25 per cent pass, the lowest in 19 years, in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations was not for nothing. But its follow-up has failed to generate the kind of debate it deserves. A record numbe...

Analysis

Turning Dhaka's wasted road space into stronger neighbourhood assets

A familiar scene repeats across Dhaka: standstill cars, motorcycles and bicycles crawling between them, crammed bus stops, broken footpaths, and barely a bench or public space for residents to linger. The irony: the city has given over 80%...

Battery rickshaws are not the enemy, poor regulation is

Battery-run rickshaws are easy to dislike. Mere minutes on social media is enough to see how intense the public backlash these days against them has become. These vehicles clog up lanes designated for faster traffic. Their drivers seem to u...

BanglaBangla

কালিয়াকৈরে কৃষি ব্যাংক ব্যবস্থাপককে অপহরণ ও নির্যাতনের নিন্দা জেবিএবির

গাজীপুরের কালিয়াকৈরে বাংলাদেশ কৃষি ব্যাংকের শাখা ব্যবস্থাপক আব্দুস সবুরকে অপহরণ, মুক্তিপণ আদায় এবং ভল্টের চাবির জন্য নির্যাতনের ঘটনায় তীব্র নিন্দা জানিয়েছে জাতীয়তাবাদী ব্যাংকার্স অ্যাসোসিয়েশন বাংলাদেশ (জেবিএবি)। রোববার সংগঠনের যুগ্ম আহ্বায়...

BanglaBangla

কালিয়াকৈরে কৃষি ব্যাংক ব্যবস্থাপককে অপহরণ ও নির্যাতনের নিন্দা জেবিএবির

ব্যাংক কর্মকর্তা আরিফুল হত্যায় জড়িত ব্যক্তিদের গ্রেপ্তার দাবি জেবিএবির

নতুন বছরে যে স্কিলগুলো আপনাকে এগিয়ে রাখবে

শিশুর বিকাশে যে দশটি বই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

২০২৬: প্রযুক্তিতে যা থাকছে

আইপিএল: ক্রিকেটের মুখোশে পুঁজি, ক্ষমতা ও নৈতিক সংকটের গল্প

কেন আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস পড়া জরুরি?

ঢাকার শীতে 'সাশ্রয়ী' কেনাকাটা: সেরা কিছু গন্তব্য

ব্যস্ততম ঢাকা শহরে শীতের আগমন মানেই ফ্যাশন আর কেনাকাটার ধুম। ছোট বাচ্চাদের শীতপোশাক থেকে শুরু করে বড়দের পোশাক উভয়েরই এই সময়ে বেশ চাহিদা থাকে। তবে স্টাইলিশ শীতের পোশাক মানেই যে অনেক খরচ, তা কিন্তু নয়। ঢাকার এমন কিছু জায়গা আছে যেখানে তুলনামূল...

শীতকালে যেভাবে ঘরোয়া উপায়ে ত্বকের যত্ন নেবেন

শীতকাল এলেই ত্বকের উপর এর প্রভাবটা যেন সবার আগে চোখে পড়ে। বাতাসের আর্দ্রতা কমে যাওয়া, চারপাশের শুষ্ক পরিবেশ আর ঠান্ডা বাতাস ত্বকের কোমলতা কেড়ে নেয়। অনেকের ত্বক খসখসে হয়ে যায়, কারও কারও ত্বকে টান-টান ভাব দেখা দেয়। আবার অনেকের নিশপিশ ও ত্বক ফ...

আতশবাজি থেকে যেভাবে নিরাপদ রাখবেন আপনার পোষা প্রানীকে

নতুন বছর মানেই মানুষের জীবনে হাসি, গান আর আতশবাজির ঝলকানি। আমরা যখন ঘড়ির কাটার দিকে তাকিয়ে কাউন্টডাউনের অপেক্ষা করি, ঠিক তখনই শহরের প্রাণীগুলো মুখোমুখি হয় অন্য এক বাস্তবতার। আতশবাজির বিকট শব্দে কেঁপে ওঠে পথকুকুর, কার্নিশে বসে থাকা পাখিরা দি...

SportsSports

Bangladesh women's cricket team reach Asian Games semifinal after rain washes out China quarterfinal

Bangladesh advanced to the Asian Games women's cricket semifinals Thursday after their quarterfinal against China was abandoned due to a wet outfield, with neither team taking the field. The sun was out and both sides had completed their w...

Messi scores 100th Inter Miami goal as Miami beats Cruz Azul 2-0

Lionel Messi scored the 100th goal of his Inter Miami career and Casemiro added another as Miami defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 on Wednesday night to win the Campeones Cup. Messi opened the scoring in the 24th minute, heading in a cross from Luis...

Messi scores 100th Inter Miami goal as Miami beats Cruz Azul 2-0

UEFA on track to find credible challenger to Infantino, vice-president says

Lionel Messi’s Argentina send-off set for Oct 6 vs Benin

Govt to provide free BKSP admission to promising ‘Notun Kuri’ athletes

India refuse to accept Women's Asia Cup from Pakistani ACC president

EducationEducation

Overseas students' enrollment reaches rock bottom at IU

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Sept 16: Enrollment of students from foreign countries has fallen to rock bottom at Islamic University, Kushtia, with none getting admitted to the institute in the 2025-26 academic year. Only 50 per cent of the overseas...

Three blasts reported on DU campus, JCD protests

Three explosions were reported at two locations in the Dhaka University (DU) area on Tuesday night, with no casualties reported. Following the incidents, leaders and activists of the DU unit of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) sta...

Overseas students' enrollment reaches rock bottom at IU

Three blasts reported on DU campus, JCD protests

RU to evaluate answer scripts with coding system

Rajshahi University (RU) is set to formally introduce a coding system for evaluating examination answer scripts. The system will be implemented gradually across the university from the 2025-26 academic session. The initiative will be inaug...

Smash gender stereotypes in early childhood

Beyond the accreditation badge

In my summer experiences, I had the opportunity of working as a visiting faculty member at one of the reputable universities--North South University in Bangladesh, which provided me with insight into the ever-changing world of business educ...

Youth and EntrepreneursYouth and Entrepreneurs

The cloud kitchen entrepreneurs

In a Dhanmondi kitchen, Sharmin Alam starts her day before most of the city wakes up. By the time Dhaka's traffic builds, she has already prepared and dispatched lunch boxes to two corporate offices under regular contract. Her menu runs fro...

What young entrepreneurs building new ventures can borrow from the brands people never quite forget

Five things Bangladeshi employers get wrong about loyalty

The quiet entrepreneurs of Rangamati

What Anime taught me about loss, grief and learning to live again

What young entrepreneurs building new ventures can borrow from the brands people never quite forget

Five things Bangladeshi employers get wrong about loyalty

The quiet entrepreneurs of Rangamati

What Anime taught me about loss, grief and learning to live again

The rise of affordable mental health ecosystems

"First year at university felt like the ground had shifted under me. I was brilliant in school. Suddenly I was average, surrounded by people who seemed to have everything figured out. I stopped sleeping, eating properly. I told no one." Th...

The hidden cost of the productivity imperative in higher education

There was a time when university represented a period of intellectual exploration - a space where students could question assumptions, discover new ideas and gradually prepare for professional life. Today, that understanding is quietly chan...

The road to a final for the ages

There are World Cup finals, and then there is this. On Sunday evening at the New York New Jersey Stadium, defending world champions Argentina take on the reigning champions of Europe, Spain, and for millions of us who grew up worshipping th...

The gender gap BD's youth statistics cannot hide

Bangladesh's official jobless numbers look, on the surface, unremarkable. The youth unemployment rate stood at around 9.4 per cent in 2025, comfortably below the global average of nearly 16 per cent, according to World Bank data. Read in is...

Bangladeshi founders are quietly rerouting their fundraising maps towards the Gulf

For years, the default advice given to ambitious founders in Dhaka was to look east or west. Incorporate in Singapore, chase a Southeast Asian accelerator, pitch to funds hunting the region's next breakout company. That playbook is losing i...

BRAC University Business Club announces ADwiz 2.0

The BRAC University Business Club (BIZ BEE) has announced the second edition of ADwiz, its flagship inter-university advertising competition, inviting students from universities across Bangladesh to showcase their creativity, strategic thin...