China’s central bank has unveiled a major package of measures aimed at reviving the country’s flagging economy. People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng announced plans to lower borrowing costs and allow banks to increase their lending. The move comes after a series of disappointing data has increased expectations in recent months that the world’s second largest economy will ...

A man was killed in a clash between two rival groups over a land dispute at Bahubol upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday. The clash broke out around 9 AM on Tuesday at Babnakandi village in the upazila. The victim was Wahid Mia, 32, son of Ishaque Molla and a resident of the same village. Citing locals, police said there ...

South Korean ambassador in Dhaka Park Young-sik on Tuesday (September 24) held a meeting with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam. The meeting was held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka around 4:00pm on Tuesday. On behalf of the BNP media cell, it was told that the BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has honoured Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Executive Director of icddr,b, as one of its Goalkeepers Champions for 2024. Dr Ahmed was celebrated for his pioneering contributions to the field of child nutrition, particularly his work on microbiome-directed ready-to-use therapeutic food (MD-RUTF), which has been instrumental in addressing childhood malnutrition in Bangladesh and other vulnerable regions. ...

Ingredients: v Ambarella –500 g v Oil –3 tbsp v Curry Leaves –8 Leafs v Lemongrass –1 piece v Coconut milk –2tbsp v Mustard –0.5 tsp v Onion –20 g v Green chilis–3 pieces v Cinnamon –2 pieces v Garlic –2 tsp v Chili powder –1.5 tbsp v Curry powder –1 tbsp v Curry powder –0.75 tbsp v Turmeric –0.5 ...

Members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized 10,000 kilograms of Indian sugar from Madhabpur border area in Habiganj district on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the force conducted a raid in Jagadishpur Muktijoddha Chattar area and seized the sugar in an abandoned condition, BGB Habiganj 55 Battalion Captain Lieutenant Colonel Imdadul Bari Khan said, ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has met Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on Monday focusing on bilateral ties. “Had a meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain of Bangladesh in New York this (Monday) evening. The conversation focussed on our bilateral ties,” Jaishankar wrote on X, formerly ...

Bangladesh’s army chief vowed to back the country’s interim government “come what may” to help it complete key reforms after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, so that elections could be held within the next 18 months. General Waker-uz-Zaman and his troops stood aside in early August amid raging student-led protests against Hasina, sealing the fate of the veteran ...

Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday night arrested Siam Hasan, a chargesheeted accused in a case filed over the attack on the convoy of the then-US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia S Bernicat in August 2018. A team of DB from Tejgaon arrested Siam Hasan, 26, from a house on Tajmahal Road at Mohammadpur in the capital ...

Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today informed that the government has sought technical support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reform the country’s financial sector and repatriate the money which has been laundered abroad. “The IMF provides us with major budget support. One mission of IMF has come. We ...