Bangladesh Bank yesterday cut its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 percent after keeping it unchanged for nearly two years, marking its first monetary easing in six years.

Bangladesh does not feel any pressure over the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) signed with the US, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman said yesterday after a meeting with US Special Envoy to South and Central Asia Sergio Gor in Dhaka.

Four more patients died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 835 in the country.

In exclusive interviews to The Daily Star, the men describe how debt and failed migrant jobs took them to the frontline while their families remained unaware they were alive

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami spent Tk 23,91,86,934 last year, exceeding its income by Tk 23,62,795, according to the party’s financial statement submitted to the Election Commission yesterday.

Heat-induced productivity losses cost Bangladesh an estimated $1.3-1.8 billion in 2024, equivalent to 0.3-0.4 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), says a World Bank report.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the government has transferred 767 Sub-Assistant Engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) through a lottery-based system.

Malaysia will resume the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the last week of next month, PM’s Adviser and Spokesperson Mahdi Amin said yesterday.

At least three people died of dengue and 463 others were hospitalised across the country in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The price of rice nearly doubles by the time it moves from the farmer or farm level to the retail or consumer level, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Every monsoon, farmer Mojibor Rahman of Takuria village carries sacks of produce on his back and walks 1.5 kilometres to Aramnagar Bazar because no van or rickshaw driver is willing to brave the mud-soaked road past his home.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury yesterday said crime cannot be eradicated through punishment alone; rather, society must address the social and economic conditions that drive people towards crime.

The government has appointed 86 Supreme Court lawyers as deputy attorneys general (DAGs) and 179 lawyers as assistant attorneys general (AAGs) to represent the state in cases before the Appellate Division and the High Court Division.

At least 33 people were killed in mob attacks across the country between April and June, according to a quarterly report released by Odhikar yesterday.

Nine-member committee to oversee assistance for injured, disabled journalists

Four more teachers relieved of academic and administrative duties following Syndicate decisions

Students unlock office after proctor steps down over campus security controversy

Remarks follow talks with Foreign Minister Khalil Rahman

Delegation submits income and expenditure statement to the Election Commission

Senior bureaucracy reshuffled through fresh appointments