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NPLs balloon to Tk 5.45t

Bangladesh's banking sector is bearing a burden of non-performing loans (NPLs) having ballooned to some Tk 5.45 trillion as of December 31, 2025, underlining deep-rooted weaknesses in credit discipline and financial oversight.The figure was disclosed Monday in the Jatiya Sangsad by Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, along with a...

Economic growth slows, shrinks to 3.03pc in Q2

Bangladesh's economic growth significantly slows with the second-quarter GDP growth of this fiscal year declining to 3.03 per cent, official statistics show. The growth in the October-December period of the fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 marks a decrease from the level of 3.53 per cent recorded during the same period in...

Indian envoy meets PM, energy security discussed

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma Monday paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat, discussing bilateral affairs with focus on energy cooperation.Speaking to reporters after the meeting was over, Prime Minister's foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir said...

Measles outbreak has taken an epidemic form: Experts

Public health experts have described the country's worsening measles situation as an epidemic, as seven more children died of confirmed and suspected cases in the past 24 hours, signalling a deepening health crisis.Hospitals are overwhelmed as new patients, mostly children, are being admitted, including in the city's hospitals.All the latest...

Iran rejects ceasefire proposal as Trump's deadline looms

TEHRAN, April 6 (AP): Iran on Monday rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war, as US President Donald Trump's ultimatum loomed within hours.Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran had conveyed its response through Pakistan, a key mediator.The Iranian response consisted...

Trillion-dollar economy by 2034, BD per-capita income now $2,769

Bangladesh's per-capita income has risen to $2,769, Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament Monday, outlining their new government's broader ambition to transform the economy into a trillion-dollar powerhouse by 2034.The disclosure came during the ninth sitting of the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, in response to...

Long queues at city petrol pumps persist amid supply crunch

Like previous days, most of the petrol pumps across the capital, Dhaka, witnessed long queues on Monday as motorists were seen waiting for hours to get fuel.Despite repeated government assurances that there is no supply scarcity of fuel oil in the country, the panic shows no sign of easing.Motorcyclists and...

Motorcyclists block the Dewanganj-Jamalpur regional road

Motorcyclists block the Dewanganj-Jamalpur regional road in front of a filling station in Jamalpur's Islampur upazila for nearly two hours on Monday morning after waiting in vain for fuel following a social media rumour. —Focus Bangla