Ardeshir Siddiqui | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The addiction to "free stuff" has been a part of human civilization. This is not going away. In fact, it is growing further - particularly in the United States with Social Security. Social Security was introduced during the FDR administration...
MD. MOIN UDDIN MUSLIM | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The global tea market is currently shaped by intense competition, price pressures, sustainability imperatives, and increasingly brand-driven value chains -- where leadership is determined not only by production volumes, but by technology adoption, marketing sophistication, and access to global distribution...
Hisham Khan and Tasnima Zerin | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
Every year, hundreds of thousands of graduates leave Bangladesh's universities with their degrees in hand. They've spent years studying, earned their qualifications, and they're ready to contribute to the country's economy. For most of them, though, the jump from university...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Saturday that the absence of handshake between the captains at toss during the Under-19 World Cup game against India was completely unintentional and resulted from a momentary lapse in concentration, reports Cricbuzz.With regular captain...
Contrasting half-centuries from openers Dawid Malan and Towhid Hridoy powered Rangpur Riders to an 11-run victory over Dhaka Capitals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Saturday, reports BSS. Their composed yet aggressive batting at the top...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) urged the International Cricket Council members to swap groups in order to feature in the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, report agencies.The BCB made the offer during a meeting with the ICC...
OUR CORRESPONDENTRANGPUR, Jan 17: The central bank aims to gradually decrease the inflation rate to approximately five per cent in the near future from its current level of over eight per cent, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Deputy Governor Dr Md Habibur...
JHENAIDAH, Jan 17 (UNB): Jhenaidah's 21 officially recognised heritage sites across six upazilas, with their rusting gates, crumbling walls, and silent courtyards, now teeter on the brink of ruin, victims of neglect, indifference and the passage of time. Walking through...
OUR CORRESPONDENTGAIBANDHA, Jan 17: Locals of Chargram Jiadanga village in Gaibandha demanded immediate steps to re-establish a primary school as hundreds of children are unable to receive basic education after Brahmaputra River erosion claimed a neighbouring village last month and...
SAJEDUR RAHMAN | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
BOGURA Jan 15: The Tk60-80 million pottery industry in Bogura enables the artisans to barley manage to survive, exclusively depending on the production of earthen pots and trays, which mainly covers the demand for the district's famed yoghurt.Around 2,000 families...
TEXAS, Jan 17 (AP):The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.Ashley St. Clair,...
KYIV, Jan 17 (Reuters): A Ukrainian delegation is en route to the US for talks on security guarantees and a post-war recovery package, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, expressing hope the documents could be signed on the sidelines of...
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (AP): President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners."Iran canceled the hanging of...
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (BBC): US President Donald Trump has threatened to place tariffs on nations that do not go along with his ambitions to annex Greenland.Trump said at a White House meeting that he "may put a tariff on...
MUMBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters): Indian private lender HDFC Bank reported a higher-than-expected profit for the third quarter on Saturday as loan growth remained strong and margins improved sequentially.The country's largest private lender by market capitalisation posted a standalone net profit...
BEIJING, Jan 17 (AFP): Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries' leaders in Beijing in eight years.The Canadian...
HOUSTON, Jan 17 (Reuters): Oil prices settled higher on Friday as some investors covered short positions ahead of the three-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the US and lingering worries about a possible US military strike against Iran.Brent crude...
Md Rashel Hasan, Md Khorshed Alam and Mst Nurnaher Begum in the last of two-part articles on QR-based payment system | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
In line with the global trend, MFS providers in Bangladesh introduced their own proprietary Quick Response (QR) coded or QR-based payment systems in 2018. However, these early models were merchant-specific, meaning each QR code could only be used for payments...
Imagine this: out of every 10 people in Bangladesh, only one is financially protected against floods, fires, health emergencies, or industrial accidents. The other nine face the full brunt of disaster, often losing everything they have worked for.Despite being the...
The blockade of the capital by students demanding the merger of seven government colleges has inflicted immense suffering on public life. Office-goers, school students and even critically ill patients have been stranded on the roads for hours, enduring severe hardship....
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
The government’s initiative to establish a new public university – Dhaka Central University – by bringing together the seven colleges de-affiliated from Dhaka University has stuck in limbo for nearly a year. Disagreements over the proposed institutional structure and the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
To improve the quality of financial statistics, Bangladesh Bank has started conducting quarterly surveys on Other Financial Corporations (OFCs). The first report has been released, presenting the sector’s status by the end of fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25). The findings show...
Few countries have shaped the global discourse on microfinance as profoundly as Bangladesh has, where the model emerged as a tool for poverty alleviation and social empowerment. Over decades, it has extended credit and basic financial services to millions excluded...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2026-01-18 00:00:00
Risk-based supervision reshapes the relationship between banks and regulators. Under compliance-based supervision, power was largely mechanical. Banks were assessed against ratios, exposure limits, and reporting standards. If these thresholds were met, supervisory intervention was limited. Action usually followed breaches, losses,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2026-01-17 12:00:00
For Foishal Rahman, a middle-aged resident of Shantinagar in Dhaka, a simple visit to the local kitchen market has become a source of profound anxiety."I grew up in a village where vegetables were practically free during the harvest season. Today,...
The Election Commission (EC) has asked the voters, who registered to vote in the 13th general elections and referendum, to contact its call centre numbers to reset their respective passwords on the 'Postal Vote BD' app, reports BSS.In a message...
Hajera Sultana, former MP, freedom fighter and senior leader of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, died at the age of 76, reports bdnews24.com.She passed away on Thursday night while receiving treatment at City Hospital in the capital's Mohammadpur, party officials...
An Australian delegation led by Bruce Sower, a representative of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), has held a virtual meeting with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman, reports BSSStarting from 10:00 am on Friday, the virtual meeting...
The Election Commission on Thursday announced a fresh election schedule for Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies to hold polls on February 12 next in line with the order of the Appellate Division, reports UNB.The election schedule was declared cancelling the previous...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-17 00:00:00
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday approved 18 appeals on Friday, the seventh day of the hearings.With these approvals, a total of 345 appeals against the returning officer's decisions on nomination papers have been accepted ahead of the 13th National...
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