22+ hour, 37+ min ago   (238+ words) Sunday September 13, 2026 BRAC Bank has signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank under the central bank's Tk3,000 crore revolving refinance scheme to support agriculture in northern Bangladesh. According to a press release, farmers in districts under the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (517+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Bangladesh-based technology company Dream71 Bangladesh Ltd has been awarded a contract by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop and implement a Strategic Planning and Investment Management Information System (SPIMIS) for the Ministry of Planning and Strategic Investment…...

4+ day, 51+ min ago   (549+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Fed up with the funding restrictions surrounding her research on the links between climate change and health, American epidemiologist Sheryl Magzamen has left the United States for Canada. The former University of Colorado researcher, now with the University…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (817+ words) Friday September 11, 2026 Just 10 of the country's 61 banks accounted for more than 72% of the banking sector's total non-performing loans (NPLs), commonly known as defaulted loans, at the end of June. According to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank, total NPLs…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (192+ words) The country's total labour force stood at around 7.17 crore in 2024, with around 6.91 crore people employed and 26.2 lakh unemployed, Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament today (10 September). The unemployment rate stood at 3.66%, he said. The minister disclosed the figures…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (217+ words) Wednesday September 09, 2026 The Bangladesh Bank has enlisted 131 valuation firms and companies to assess collateral or mortgaged assets against loans taken or to be taken from scheduled banks. The central bank issued a circular today (7 September), informing the managing directors and…...

5+ day, 42+ min ago   (436+ words) Wednesday September 09, 2026 Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka's drought-hit Yala National Park for the green tankers that come every day to pump in water. From next week, park managers…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (338+ words) Tuesday September 08, 2026 The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) is working to introduce a commodity exchange in Bangladesh to diversify the capital market, create new investment opportunities and bring the country's financial system closer to international standards. Md Saifur Rahman Mazumdar, managing…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (217+ words) Tuesday September 08, 2026 Bengal Commercial Bank has signed an agreement with Bengal Islami Life Insurance to provide insurance protection to its credit cardholders through a Credit Shield facility, intended to protect cardholders and their families from financial risks arising from death,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (332+ words) Tuesday September 08, 2026 Private banks will no longer be allowed to recruit officers and employees for entry-level positions without written and oral examinations, while verification of educational and professional certificates has been made mandatory after recruitment. The Bangladesh Bank's Banking Regulation…...