Thursday, 05 Dec, 2024

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