Govt gearing up to tackle 3 fiscal risks

A model study forearms the government to face three major risks to Bangladesh's fiscal outlook from macroeconomic volatility, sovereign guarantees extended to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and disaster-related shocks.According to risk analytics laid down in the latest budget document, under the macroeconomic category, the main concerns are inflation, exchange rate volatility,...

Read more

Yunus honoured with Harmony Award by King Charles III

LONDON, June 12: British King Charles III Thursday conferred the prestigious 'Harmony Award 2025' on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his lifelong efforts to promote peace, sustainability and harmony between people and the environment.In June 2024, the monarch launched a new set of awards celebrating living in...

Read more

Air India plane crash kills at least 290

More than 290 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade, report agencies.The plane came down in a...

Read more

Local, foreign banks scramble for LC financing

Six proposals from national and international commercial banks have so far been received as the bankers queue up for funding Bangladesh's LNG import with the World Bank playing the guarantor, officials said.Now, they said, the country's energy and mineral resources corporation - nicknamed Petrobangla -- is negotiating with the aspirant...

Read more

Prayer Timings (2025-06-13)

Read more