Volatility in the country’s foreign exchange market has deepened further amid a shortage of the greenback, as importers had to pay up to Tk 104 for each dollar yesterday.

Sitting next to lawmaker Omor Faruk Chowdhury, college principal Salim Reza yesterday told reporters that he was not assaulted by the MP on July 7.

A court in the Philippines scrapped a defamation suit filed by Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation against Bangladesh Bank.

Sri Lanka’s president submitted his resignation yesterday shortly after reaching Singapore, the parliamentary speaker’s office said, days after the head of state fled protests triggered by his country’s worst-ever economic crisis.

In face of growing pressure on the country’s economy, the government issued strict directives to field-level administration to practise austerity while spending from the budget allocation.

People are not getting the maximum benefit from the 761 services the government have digitalised for slow servers and poor internet speed, according to a government evaluation.

Bangladesh continued their dominance over the West Indies in ODIs as the Tamim Iqbal-led side registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory to clinch the three-match series 2-0 with a game in hand at the Providence Stadium in Guyana yesterday.

Protesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannon and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister’s office yesterday after the president fled overseas.

The taka depreciated once again against the US dollar in the inter-bank platform yesterday. 

The comparatively short Eid vacation and the ban on motorcycles on the highways resulted in high demand for public transport before Eid.

Lamiya Ashraf Mowla, a Bangladeshi-born astrophysicist, is a proud part of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team.

Reining in inflation, stabilising the volatile exchange rate and shoring up the foreign currency reserves are among the major priorities for keeping the economy afloat, newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said yesterday.

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on a nine-day trip to discuss the government’s request for a $4.5 billion loan in the form of budgetary support.

Sri Lanka’s president headed to a naval base yesterday with a view to fleeing his island by ship following a humiliating standoff at the airport, official sources said.

Humanity’s view of the distant cosmos will never be the same.

Bangladesh will be the favourites to seal the three-match series when they take on hosts West Indies in the second ODI at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today.

At least 22 people were killed and 30 injured in road crashes in four districts during the Eid rush between Friday and yesterday.

People going to their hometowns from Dhaka to spend Eid suffered immensely due to shortage of buses, long tailbacks on the highways and delayed trains.

Water is going to be costlier for the city residents as the Dhaka Wasa has decided to increase the prices by 5 percent.

The power outages the people are enduring nationwide could go on until September, and the government may change office and school hours and reintroduce home office to reduce electricity demand.