Parliament sits Mar 12, speaker vote first order

The first session of the 13th Parliament will convene on Mar 12, when lawmakers will also elect the speaker and the deputy speaker to formally set the legislative machinery in motion, reports bdnews24.com.On Sunday, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed disclosed the date while at the Secretariat after a meeting chaired by...

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BB cuts down-payment requirement to 1.0pc

Current 2.0-percent mandatory down payment to get default loans regularised has been halved in a latest government measure to stem non-performing loan (NPL) buildup in Bangladesh's banking sector. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Sunday issued a notification to this effect further easing the loan-rescheduling facility for the struggling borrowers under the policy...

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No power tariff hike likely in two years

Power tariffs may not be raised at least over the next two years in view of economic woes of the commoners as the new government plans to cut system loss to avoid rate hikes. With this end in view, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) has discussed...

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Govt awaits US notification

Amid overlapping developments over Trump tariff revocation by court and fresh duty imposition by the president, Bangladesh government awaits official notification from the United States for the next course about the country's trade deal. Experts think the latest developments may create room for Bangladesh to renegotiate its trade arrangement with...

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NBR may miss FY26 revenue goal by nearly Tk 1.0t

The newly elected government is set to end the current fiscal year with a large shortfall in tax collection, as revenue trends up to January have shown no significant improvement.Until January, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) mobilised Tk 2.23 trillion, falling Tk 601.14 billion short of the target set...

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Prayer Timings _2026-02-23

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