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Govt moves to form Bangladesh Business Promotion Council

The government has drafted 'Bangladesh Business Promotion Council Ordinance, 2025', to institutionalise and strengthen public-private collaboration in enhancing the country's export competitiveness, diversifying products and markets, and simplifying trade procedures in line with international standards.According to the draft, the proposed 'Bangladesh Business Promotion Council (BBPC)' will act as a statutory...

Dhaka-dwellers enjoy double country's per-capita fortune

Dhaka district that hosts Bangladesh's centrepetal capital city alone accounts for nearly 46 per cent of the national GDP, estimated at US$462 billion in FY2024-25, while the Dhaka-dwellers enjoy nearly double the country's per-capita income. Such over-concentration of the economy and fortune in and around the capital comes clear in...

Forex-reserves buildup gets cautious IMF plaudits

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautiously hailed Bangladesh's recent foreign-exchange -reserves buildup, pending a spot-check as to whether the modalities of market operations are consistent with the Fund-prescribed exchange regime.An IMF mission is scheduled to visit Dhaka this week for the fifth review of progress on the conditions binding...

Fakhrul urges unity among Charter signatories

Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called on the political parties that signed the July National Charter to "unite" to create a conducive environment for the national elections, reports bdnews24.com.The party's secretary general made this comment at a discussion meeting organised at the Shilpakala Academy on Saturday to...

Parties united on structural reform to prevent authoritarian revival: Akhter

National Citizen Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhter Hussain has said all political parties, during the National Consensus Commission discussions, agreed on the need for fundamental reforms in Bangladesh's state structure to build a democratic, accountable and humane republic free from fascism and authoritarianism, reports BSS."All political parties have reached a...

BD ports on alert as low intensifies into depression over Bay

The low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas has intensified, first into a well-marked low and subsequently into a depression, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), reports bdnews24.com.The BMD warned on Saturday that the weather system might escalate further and turn into a cyclone storm.The...