The central bank has asked two state-owned specialised banks (SBs) - BKB and RAKUB - to take effective measures immediately for making operational profit through mobilising low-cost funds from the country's rural areas.The public sector agricultural banks have also been instructed to improve their financial health through expediting loan recovery...
Read moreDirect cash transfers coupled with behaviour change communication (BCC) can reduce violence against women inflicted by their partners by more than a quarter, according to a study.The study said the reduction in violence was found six to 10 months after the intervention ended, providing the first evidence that such benefits...
Read moreRohingyas must take the decision to return to Myanmar of their own accord, Bangladesh's foreign secretary said before the start of the first batch of repatriations from Cox's Bazar to the Rakhine State on November 15, reports bdnews24.com."It's not Bangladesh's decision. It's not Myanmar's decision and it's not UNHCR's decision....
Read moreBNP standing committee member and former minister Tariqul Islam passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 73, reports UNB.Tariqul, who had long been suffering from heart, kidney diseases and diabetes, died at 5:05pm at Apollo Hospitals, said BNP Chairperson's media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.He was admitted...
Read moreA youth carrying trays of eggs on his bicycle trying to cross a level crossing at Saidabad in the city on Sunday even after the gateman has lowered the bar to let a train pass — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
Read moreThe Bangladesh Railway (BR) will purchase 200 metre gauge coaches from China at a cost of Tk 84.97 million to improve its passenger services in the country.To this effect, the state-owned train operator signed a contract with a Chinese company named CRRC at Rail Bhaban on Sunday.Project director Mrinal Kanti...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Nov 4 (Agencies): Sri Lanka's deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the United States and Japan had frozen more than a billion dollars of development aid after his abrupt dismissal raised doubts about the future of democracy in the island.The move to hold back project financing, along with the...
Read moreAssam will burn if the Centre continues to push the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Anup Chetia, the general secretary of ULFA faction which is currently in talks with the government, said on the Tinsukia killings, according to a report published on the Hindistan Times.He said attempts by vested interests to blame...
Read moreCOX'S BAZAR, Nov 04: Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar shot two teenage boys at Ukhia border in Cox's Bazar on Sunday.The victims were identified as Mohammad Nurul Islam (15), son of Amir Hossain, and Joynal Uddin (15), son of Shahabuddin, of Rahmater Beel village in the upazila. "BGP men...
Read moreThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved 39 projects involving an overall cost of Tk 866.87 billion, reports UNB.The approval came from the weekly Ecnec meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city with Ecnec Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the...
Read moreYANGON, Nov 04 (AFP): The party of Myanmar's embattled head of state Aung San Suu Kyi said Sunday they were defeated in six constituencies in a national by-election, showing uneven support for her government after a string of controversies.Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) swept to power...
Read moreA partial view of a betel nut market at Dalal Bazar in Lakkhipur on Sunday — Focus Bangla
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