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Ordinance placed in parliament destined to embrace demise

A much-contended move to bifurcate the National Board of Revenue (NBR) looks poised to cease automatically as the finance ministry finds the relevant ordinance promulgated by the interim administration incomplete.The ordinance for splitting the NBR into two divisions -- Tax Policy and Tax Administration -- was promulgated as a part...

Jet fuel prices jacked up 80pc

Bangladesh's energy regulator ramped up prices of jet fuel for both domestic and international plane flights amid volatile global oil prices due to the Middle-East crisis.Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) raised the prices of jet fuel, also known as aviation fuel, for international flights by around 79 per cent to...

US emerges as Bangladesh's key trade partner

Trade ties between Bangladesh and the United States strengthened notably in 2025, with Washington temporarily overtaking India to become Dhaka's second-largest trading partner during several months of the year.While China and India continue to dominate Bangladesh's trade landscape, the shift highlights evolving dynamics driven by changing import patterns, policy shifts...

Gen Masud on five-day remand

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed retired Lieutenant- General Masud Uddin Chowdhury, one of the key figures behind the much-talked-about 1/11 incident in 2007, on a five-day remand in a case filed under the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.Judge of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka Aminul...

44 lives lost on roads during Eid holidays

At least 44 lives were lost in accidents across the country during the Eid holidays from Thursday, including the most tragic incident on the Dhaka-Chattogram rail route involving a bus and a train, report agencies.In Cumilla, at least 12 people were killed and five others injured as a train crashed...

Khosru urges IMF to release $1.3b tranche by June next

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an extended support and to release the next instalment of the ongoing bailout package by June this year.Bangladesh would discuss the issues with the IMF high-ups in the upcoming IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in...

ADB to help Asia-Pacific mitigate ME war impacts

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced a financial support package to help its developing member countries (DMCs) mitigate the economic and financial impacts resulting from the conflict in the Middle East."ADB will deliver rapid, flexible, and scalable assistance to help countries manage immediate pressures and strengthen long-term resilience,...

Iran targets Israel, Gulf states even as Trump says US is in talks to end war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Mar 24 (AP): A missile slammed into a street in central Tel Aviv as Iran kept up its barrages targeting Israel and Gulf Arab states on Tuesday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end...