Credit-card transaction trends in Bangladesh showed a noticeable decline in July across all categories as its economic activities were going through slowdown or sluggish movement.In the analysis of credit- card transactions for July 2024, it is evident that domestic transactions within Bangladesh witnessed a significant decrease of 13.74 per cent,...
Read moreThe foreign-funded projects have come under interim government's close scrutiny as it wants to drop less-important and low-priority projects from the ongoing and pipeline lists, officials said on Wednesday.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) this time has started scrutiny of the foreign-funded projects as the current interim government is very selective...
Read moreCOX'S BAZAR, Sept 13: Six people were killed in separate landslides in Cox's Bazar's Sadar Upazila and a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya.The heavy showers and water-logging disrupted the normal life of the city, with empty streets and halted car movement due to water on the roads.Cracks have appeared on...
Read moreA total of 150 Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Libya, and 26 from the UAE on Friday. In Libya they had been detained at the Gunfuda detention center. They were brought back with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, and the International Organization...
Read moreMobile banking transaction in Bangladesh dropped by over 21 per cent in July, primarily due to several days of internet shutdown and slowdown aimed at curbing the anti-discrimination student-mass movement.According to the central bank's data, Tk 1.23 trillion was transacted through mobile banking in July. In comparison, Tk1.56 trillion was...
Read moreThe country's realtors and urban planners are having a row over incorporation of certain provisions of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka.Representatives of the Real State and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) opined that unless the floor area ratio (FAR) under the proposed building code is increased it will...
Read moreChittagong Port Authority (CPA) has sought the central bank's intervention in encashment of Tk 13.54 billion stuck-up fixed deposit receipts (FDR) to help address its liquidity problem, sources said.According to the CPA, such a significant amount of its fund remained stuck up with different banks and a state-owned financial institution-ICB...
Read moreKHULNA, 13 Sept (UNB): The body of a 65-year-old woman has been recovered from her house in Rupsha upazila of Khulna.Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Rupsha thana, confirmed the matter.The dead is Gulfara Nahar, wife of Shahidul Islam. She had been living alone in her house in Naihati village. Her son,...
Read moreTHAKURGAON, Sept 13 (BSS) : The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Region and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) North Bengal Frontier held a courtesy meeting at the Banglabandha-Phulbari ICP on the Bangladesh-India border around 12pm on Thursday, said a BGB release here today.At the meeting, BGB strongly protested and...
Read moreInqilab Mancha organises a programme at the foot of Raju Sculpture in TSC area of Dhaka University on Friday, demanding quick treatment and rehabilitation of those injured in the mass uprising. — Focus Bangla
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