BB to keep a watch on inflation trend before depreciating Taka further

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to keep close watch on the inflation trend before depreciating the Taka further in line with IMF-set conditions, officials said. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants exchange rate of the local currency with the US dollar fully market-based which will help stop channelling of foreign...

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Women's Day today

The International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 will be celebrated today (March 8th) in Bangladesh as across the globe with a view to emphasising the urgent need for gender equality and women's empowerment. The theme of this year's IWD is 'Accelerate Action'. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing...

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Over 5,000 students to receive Tk 0.1m each

Over 5,000 students severely injured in the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh will receive over Tk 100,000 each in cash transfer from the World Bank for their medical treatment and livelihood restoration, said officials. The multilateral lender has agreed to provide $5.0 million, worth approximately Tk 610 million, under the...

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Banks now to borrow at unified repo rate of 10pc

Commercial banks will now borrow funds at a unified rate by using repo instrument as the central bank is eliminating the existing differentials in lending to the lenders.The country's scheduled banks currently get liquidity feeding from the Bangladesh Bank against repo using three windows: 7-day, 14-day and 28-day-tenure instruments at...

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Police foil Hizb-ut Tahrir procession in city

Police dispersed on Friday activists of Hizb -ut Tahrir as the banned outfit brought out a procession from in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital after jumma prayers. The procession called 'March for Khilafah' was brought out from the northern gate of the mosque.Sources said at...

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Prayer, Sehri, Iftar Timings (2025-03-08)

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