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Soaring aid repayments create fiscal pressure

Bangladesh is facing a fiscal squeeze as foreign aid receipts declined during the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year, while the burden of repaying international debts reached new heights. The country now faces a new challenge marked by a significant drop in new funding commitments and escalating debt...

MoF weighs stock mkt listing of CDBL

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has opened discussions on a potential stock-market listing of the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), a move that could reshape the governance and transparency of a key institution underpinning the country's capital markets. The issue was raised at a high-level meeting in the Finance Division...

UNDP to support capital market with thematic bond development

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has assured support to Bangladesh's capital market by strengthening the thematic bond market, with a focus on promoting green and sustainable finance.The assurance came on Wednesday following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and...

Amnesty urges rights guarantees ahead of polls

Bangladesh's interim government must restore public trust by guaranteeing full respect for human rights and the rule of law in the fortnight ahead of next month's national elections, Amnesty International's Secretary-General, Agnès Callamard, said in an open letter to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, the country's acting leader.The letter, sent ahead...

Over Tk 161b stuck as BASIC Bank litigations pile up

More than Tk 161 billion of BASIC Bank's funds remain locked in prolonged litigation, reflecting deep-rooted weaknesses in loan recovery and legal resolution, sources say.They say the state-owned bank is currently involved in 1,230 pending cases, with a total claim value of Tk 161.58 billion, the bulk of which is...

Recognition, valuation of women's unpaid care work stressed

Speakers at a seminar emphasised the importance of women's financial empowerment in Bangladesh and called for the recognition and valuation of unpaid care and domestic work through public-service infrastructure and social-protection policies.They also stressed the need to ensure equal opportunities for women within the country's development model, warning that failure...

Int'l plastic, packaging fair begins in city

The 18th edition of the Bangladesh International Plastic, Packaging and Printing Industrial Fair-2026 kicked off at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Wednesday. Organised jointly by the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) and Yorkers Trade and Marketing Service Co Ltd (Hong Kong), the fair will...

5 sentenced to death for 2016 murder in Gopalganj

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced five people to death and four others to imprisonment unto death in a case over the killing former president of Gopalganj Motor Workers Union Saidur Rahman Basu in 2016.Judge of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Md Rahibul Islam handed down the punishment, reports UNB.The condemned...

Farm workers load large bundles of freshly harvested cauliflowers

Farm workers load large bundles of freshly harvested cauliflowers from a field onto a truck at Bhakurta village in Amin Bazar, Savar, for wholesale. Medium-sized cauliflowers are selling at Tk 30-40 each in retail markets. The photo was taken on Wednesday. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman