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BBS Data Reveals Decline in Private Investment

Bangladesh witnessed a decline in private investment as a share of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the last fiscal year, signaling a slowdown in industrial growth, according to the Bangladesh Bureau... Read more »
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Why S Alam took so much interest in Shariah-based banks

In Bangladesh, 10 fully-fledged Islamic banks operate within a banking industry dominated by conventional lenders. However, what’s particularly intriguing is the influence of Saiful Alam Masud, chairman of S Alam Group, over... Read more »

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Bangladesh receives over $2bn Remittance in Aug

Bangladesh is showing an upward trend again in remittance sent by expatriates which exceeded US$ 2 billion in 28 days of August. According to Bangladesh Bank’s updated report on remittance as of... Read more »
Saudi Arabia's Islamic Trade Finance Corp to provide $1.4bn to Bangladesh Petroleum

Govt decreases price of petroleum fuels with effect from Sept 1

The interim government has decreased the prices of petroleum fuels at the retail level with effect from September 1. As per a gazette notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division... Read more »
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Bangladesh officially submits Instrument of Accession to ICPPED to UN

The Instrument of Accession to the International Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) has been officially deposited to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), who is... Read more »
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India says absence of an aspect in one press release or the other is not evidence of its absence in the conversation

Referring to the recent telephone conversation between Indian Prime Miister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, India has said the absence of an aspect in one press release or the other... Read more »
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Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi arrested

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested former Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi during an overnight operation in the Gulshan area of the capital city. According to Senior Assistant Director of RAB’s Legal... Read more »
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Bangladesh Joins UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances

Bangladesh has officially acceded to the United Nations’ International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The historic signing took place today, August 29, during the weekly meeting of... Read more »
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Rafsan the ChotoBhai Fined for Marketing Unauthorized Beverage

The Dhaka Pure Food Court has fined Iftekhar Rafsan, widely known as ‘Rafsan the ChotoBhai’ on social media, Tk 1.6 million for promoting and selling an unauthorized electrolyte drink, BLU. The ruling... Read more »
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Govt issues gazette withdrawing ban on Jamaat-Shibir

The interim government has officially revoked the executive order issued by the previous Awami League government, which had imposed a ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatrashibir. The home... Read more »