Administrators picked to lead their merger into one govt bank

Bangladesh Bank has picked and may appoint administrators to the five crisis-hit Islamic banks this week under the modus operandi for their merger into a state-owned sharia-based lender, officials said.The central bank is executing the mergers under provisions of the Bank Resolution Ordinance 2025 promulgated by the post-uprising government for...

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Over $7.0b set as project financing, standby funds

A new Asian Development Bank (ADB) recipe holds out over US$2.5 billion as project-financing assistance and $4.5 billion as standby funds for Bangladesh in the next calendar year, official sources said. The multilateral development financier has "almost finalised" the financing plan in its Country Programming Mission (CPM) 2026, they said...

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Israeli military intercepts final aid boat as new flotilla sails to Gaza

TEL AVIV, Oct 3 (Reuters): The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said the Marinette...

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Heavy rains may double dengue cases in Oct

Entomologists have warned that Bangladesh may see an extended outbreak of dengue fever this year, with cases doubling this month compared to September due to heavy rains.The health authorities recorded 15,866 hospitalisations in September and 1,149 cases in just the first three days of this month.Also, 76 deaths were reported...

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Prayer Timings (2025-10-04)

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