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July 18, 2022

Bangladesh for inclusion of apparel in PTA with Indonesia

Bangladesh has urged Indonesia to consider including apparel items in the preferential trade agreement (PTA) that they have agreed to sign to reduce the yawning bilateral trade gap.Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen met In…

Economics of war: Pain for Europe now, later for Russia

Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more people. German officials are turning down the air conditioning as they prepare plans to ration…

Now triplets named after Padma Bridge in Dinajpur

After the triplets in two other districts, now triplets born in Dinajpur have been named after the much-awaited Padma Bridge.A housewife named Sadina Begum, 32, gave birth to triplets through normal delivery at a commu…

Indian Army Chief meets his Bangladesh counterpart

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande paid a courtesy call on his Bangladesh counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka Monday and discussed ways to enhance and strengthen bilateral defenc…

2-hour area-based nationwide load shedding from Tuesday

The government has decided to resort to daily 2 hours area-based load-shedding across the country from Tuesday in a bid to tackle the ongoing power crisis.Prime Minister’s Energy advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury announced…

Dhaka, New Delhi discuss boosting cooperation in railways

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday discussed with Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan boosting cooperation in rail communication between their two countries.The two discussed the cu…

IMF voices concern over rising bad loans in banks

A visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the weakness of Bangladesh’s banking system and the high rate of non-performing loans (NPL), according to a senior official of th…

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