The taka yesterday weakened further against the US dollar amid the falling supply of the greenback due to surging imports.

The High Court yesterday ordered finding out the persons and institutions responsible for the financial scams and money laundering through e-commerce platforms.

As the Surma has been flowing below the danger level at some points in Sylhet city and Sunamganj town for two consecutive days yesterday, floodwaters are receding fast in many areas.

Each eligible investor except for the pension fund, approved provident fund and gratuity fund investors will have to increase their investment to Tk 3 crore from the existing Tk 1 crore on the cut-off date to avail the IPO quota benefit.

The taka once again depreciated today against the US dollar amid the falling supply of the American greenback due to surging imports.

A sergeant of Bangladesh Air Force was killed in a road accident in Faridpur Sadar upazila early today.

Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a man and his son, carrying five Indian-made pistols and bullets, from their house in Jashore’s Benapole area early today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 23, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community to do much more to ensure safe, sustainable and dignified return of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

There is nothing to panic about the current volatility in the foreign exchange market, said Mustafizur Rahman, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Black money holders appear to have lost the appetite to legalise their undisclosed wealth if the tax collected from this source in the first nine months of the fiscal year is any indication.

The BNP yesterday said it would scrap all sorts of repressive acts and ordinances, including the controversial Digital Security Act, if it comes to power.

Bangladesh’s economy should be on guard for 2027 and 2028 from when the country will start to collectively pay back the interest due on four or five foreign loans taken for domestic mega-projects, according to Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA).

The government is establishing 89 laboratories to develop Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) as a world-class institution, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said today.

The Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) today fined 82 traders Tk 4.94 lakh across the country for their failure to protect consumers’ rights.

Employees of all banks operating in Bangladesh will not be able to travel abroad from now on as the central bank has stepped up its efforts to stop the foreign currency reserves from sliding further. 

The High Court today (May 22, 2022) rejected anticipatory bail petitions filed by four members of North South University's (NSU) trustee board in a Tk 304 crore money laundering case.

The body of Nassa Group's general manager was recovered from the Jamuna River today (May 22, 2022), two days after he went missing while bathing in the river in Manikganj’s Shibaloy upazila.

The construction work of Bscic Chemical Industrial Park in Munshiganj will be completed by December 2023 if everything goes according to plan, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun.

The High Court today blasted Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) inspector Shamim Akhter for conducting investigation into Rajshahi's labour leader Nurul Islam murder case based on a manipulated first information report and for hurriedly submitting the charge sheet to the trial court in violation of its earlier directive.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver its verdict -- any day -- in a case filed against six people of Khulna for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.