Sufia Begum travelled from Lalmonirhat to Dhaka last month, hoping for an affordable cataract surgery at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, which would have cost her Tk20,000. After waiting ...

Highlights  Industrial production +6.1% y/y, down from +7.7% in March Retail sales +5.1% y/y, down from +5.9% previously Fixed asset investment +4% in January-April vs +4.2% in Q1 Growth in China's ...

The interim government appears to be struggling with its moral and political direction, said British journalist David Bergman while talking about the arrest of actress Nusraat Faria. David Bergman in ...

Highlights  Govt plans to end 15% reduced tax for textile sector Textiles to face regular 27.5% corporate tax Listed companies to get lower tax rate 2% advance income tax may apply on cotton imports ...

Express Leather Products Limited (Lotto Bangladesh), the manufacturing and marketing licensee of Italian Lotto sportswear and English Lee Cooper shoes, inaugurated its new factory in Kapasia, Gazipur, ...

The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association (BAESA) has issued a rejoinder to a report published by The Business Standard on 8 May, titled "Why Atomic Energy Commission resists joining govt's ...

Biden's physical health and mental acuity drew scrutiny during his 2021-2025 presidency. He abruptly ended his bid for reelection last July, weeks after a halting performance during a debate against R ...

New Delhi imposed restrictions on imports of ready-made garments and other goods from the neighbouring country ...

Insurance Resolution Ordinance to enable ownership changes, liquidation, or mergers of troubled insurance firms ...

Moreover, the number of unemployed individuals in the country has risen to 27.3 lakh under the 19th ICLS framework, up by 330,000 from 24 lakh in the same quarter of the previous year. Under the 13th ...

She says Bangladesh must reform tariffs, reduce bureaucratic complexity, address high production, transport costs ...

The Arab League, an alliance of Arab countries, has pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip devastated by the Israeli military aggression. This pledge was made at an important conference held in the Iraqi ...