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BoP reverses into $3.4 billion surplus

Bangladesh sees its deficit balance of payments (BoP) reverse into around $3.4-billion surplus in fiscal year 3025 after three financial years, in early signs of much-needed economic rebound.Officials and economists hail record remittance and steady growth in export receipts against import contraction for the turnaround in the BoP situation.After the...

Power will be transferred to elected representatives: CA

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has stressed that his post-uprising interim government is prioritizing peace, stability and sweeping reforms ahead of power transfer to elected people's representatives. Addressing a special convocation Wednesday at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) where he was conferred upon Honorary Doctorate in Social Business, the chief adviser...

BFIU seeks bank details of three ex-BB governors, six top officials

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has requested all scheduled banks in the country to provide detailed account information on three former Bangladesh Bank governors and six other former top officials, including four deputy governors, at the request of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The intelligence agency issued a letter in this...

Malaysia may offer Graduate Plus visas for BD students

Malaysia is likely to introduce Graduate Plus visas for Bangladeshi students studying in the newly industrialized country (NIC) that would open an avenue for thousands to access high-skilled jobs in its expanding economy.A sign of nod came when visiting Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus raised the matter during a meeting...

US report sees human rights situation in BD 'stable'

After years of grim assessments, the United States' annual human-rights review has described as ‘stable’ the human-rights situation in Bangladesh following the fall of the previous government, though it noted isolated incidents in August 2024 and lingering concerns. The 2024 'Country Report on Human Rights Practices' credited the interim government,...

Building-material makers seem in tailspin

Building-material manufacturers continue to struggle amid lower demand from public-sector development projects and private-sector business sluggishness, insiders say.They have said demands for key construction materials like rod, cement, brick and the like have plummeted in the recent times both in public and private sectors.They attribute the demand drops principally to...