May 30, 2026, 2:01 am

Road building cost likely to go up by 18pc
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken the move for making an adjustment with the prices of construction materials with current market prices, they added.... বিস্তারিত
Net sales of savings tools up in 11 months
The net sale of savings schemes was worth Tk 478.61 billion in the July-May period of FY 2017-18, according to the Department of National Savings (DNS).... বিস্তারিত
WTO backs Australia’s plain tobacco packaging move
Australia made it mandatory in 2011 for cigarettes to be sold in drab-looking packets that carry health warnings.... বিস্তারিত
World Bank to provide $480m to aid Rohingya refugees
The board of directors of the WB approved a $50 million additional grant to an existing health-sector support project in Bangladesh, the first in a series that could total $480 million... বিস্তারিত
Outstanding debt of SoEs swells in May
With the increase, the total outstanding debt liabilities of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to five SoCBs reached Tk 105.99 billion.... বিস্তারিত
Guideline on NPL write-off underway
According to a BB document, the loan write-off practice is an internationally accepted normal phenomenon in the banking business... বিস্তারিত
BD to gain benifit from falling cotton price
Cotton prices declined to 85 cents a pound as of 28 June, down by 12 cent from its 52-week peak... বিস্তারিত
BB will print 1,200m currencies and banknotes
The Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Ltd. (SPCBL) printed 1016.80 million currencies and banknotes as of May in FY 2017-18. Some 9653.24 million other security products (OSPs) will also be printed, up by 10.07 per cen... বিস্তারিত
BD, China lay groundwork for joint feasibility study
Bangladesh and China inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for conducting the study when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Dhaka in October 2016... বিস্তারিত
UN, WB chiefs due today
They are coming to Bangladesh to see firsthand the plights of Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar. During their visit, the UN chief and the WB president will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali... বিস্তারিত