Sunday, 27 Apr, 2025

Bangladesh

Gold price makes history in Bangladesh

<p><strong>Jewellers have inflated the gold price by Tk1, 190 to Tk1, 20,081 per bhori on the market in Bangladesh.</strong></p> <p>The standing committee on pricing and price monitoring of the Bangladesh Jeweller&rsquo;s Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a meeting on Sunday (July 14).</p>

Freeze bank accounts of PM's former peon Jahangir: BB

<p><strong>Bangladesh Bank (BB) has ordered the freezing of the bank accounts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#39;s former peon Jahangir Alam, his wife Kamrun Nahar and their associated institutions.</strong></p> <p>Masud Biswas, head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) at Bangladesh Bank,

Residential areas to get internet tonight, assures ISPB

<p><strong>Internet service provider of Bangladesh (ISPB) assured that broadband connection will be restored in residential areas tonight (July 24).</strong></p> <p>Broadband internet services have been restored after five days of halt on a limited basis on July 23, night.&nbsp;</p> <p>Initially,

Bangladesh reaches to Women's Asia Cup semifinal

<p><strong>Bangladeshi girls reached to the semifinal of the Women&#39;s Asia Cup after crushing Malaysia by 114 runs in their last match of the Group B at Dambulla on Wednesday.</strong></p> <p>Murshida Khatun struck a 59 ball-80 while captain Nigar Sultana Joty was not out on 62 to play an important role in

BB lends Tk25,000cr to banks in a day

<p><strong>The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has provided Tk25,520 crore to the country&rsquo;s financial institutions mostly as short-term loans to help them meet depositors&rsquo; cash demand which surged following a five-day countrywide closure.</strong></p> <p>The central bank disclosed the liquidity injection

Short-distance train services to resume on Thursday

<p><strong>Short-distance train services will resume on Thursday on a limited scale under a relaxed curfew.</strong></p> <p>The decision was made at a meeting on Tuesday at the Bangladesh Railway Building.</p> <p>However, no decision was made on the intercity train services.</p>

Drop in Bangladeshi tourists affects India’s economy 

<p><strong>The number of Bangladeshi tourists visiting India has dropped to 70%, due to the mass movement by the students that started on July 8, demanding quota reform in government jobs, according to locals in India&rsquo;s Petrapole border.</strong></p> <p>They said the decrease in Bangladeshi tourists

EU-Bangladesh partnership talks postponed

<p><strong>The European Union (EU) has postponed talks with the Bangladesh government, scheduled in September, to sign a new cooperation and foreign assistance deal amid growing concerns over the recent violence, diplomatic sources confirmed on Wednesday.</strong></p> <p>Sources said no new date has been fixed for

Remittance in July fall by 3.2%

<p><strong>The country&rsquo;s remittances sent by migrant workers from abroad fell by 3.2% last month from the same period last year, largely owing to the five-day internet shutdown imposed to contain violence during the quota reform movement.</strong></p> <p>The inbound remittances were $1.97 billion in July

Reshuffle in army top positions

<p><strong>Bangladesh Army has made changes in some of its top positions. A press release from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the matter on Tuesday.</strong></p> <p>The press release said Major General Ziaul Ahsan has been relieved from his position.</p> <p>While Lieutenant General

BB Governor Abdur Rouf resigns

<p><strong>Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder has resigned from his post on personal ground.</strong></p> <p>He submitted his resignation letter to the Finance Ministry around 3:00pm on Friday.</p> <p>Rouf took charge as the 12th governor of the BB on 12 July, 2022 for a four-year

Bangladesh: Inflation hits highest in 12 years

<p><strong>A data published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday (August 12) shows annual consumer price growth hit highest in 12 years in July reaching 11.66% from the same month last year.</strong></p> <p>Compared with prices of goods in June, July&rsquo;s prices rose by 2.17%.</p>

Gold price rise again by Tk1,516 per bhori

<p><strong>Jewellers have inflated the price of gold by Tk1,516 to Tk1,24,501 per bhori (11.664 grams) due to a hike in the price of pure gold in the local market.</strong></p> <p>The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring of the Bangladesh Jeweller&rsquo;s Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a

India questions Bangladesh's minority rights: Are minorities safe in India?

<p><strong>The diplomatic tensions between India and Bangladesh over the treatment of <a href="https://www.banglanews24.com/english/banglanews-special/news/bd/162352.details"><span style="color:#e74c3c">minority communities</span></a> have shed light on a broader and more complex issue: the

Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 10pc

<p><strong>Bangladesh Bank has announced that it would keep its policy rate for the second half of the 2024-25 fiscal year unchanged at 10% till June 30 to reduce inflation.</strong></p> <p>Governor Ahsan H. Mansur made the announcement at a press conference on Monday (Feb 10) at the central

Jamaat chief urges repeal of women reform commission proposals

<p><strong>Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has called on the Chief Adviser to cancel the recommendations made by the Women Reform Commission, claiming that some of the proposals go against the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah.</strong></p> <p>He made the remarks while addressing a party