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Bangladesh Apparel Industry Builds Stopgap Storage Hub After Airport Blaze

Bangladesh Apparel Industry Builds Stopgap Storage Hub After Airport Blaze

Two of Bangladesh’s top apparel trade associations are teaming up to establish a temporary warehouse at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka following a fire that broke out at its cargo-handling hub earlier this month. The...

Owner:  Jay Penske
Bangladesh: Where the Smoke Meets the Sea

Bangladesh: Where the Smoke Meets the Sea

A new and unique photo exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Noor Alam is being mounted at a gallery in Tokyo in November 2025. The photography captures how the daily lives of communities in the Matarbari region of southeastern Bangladesh —...

Owner:  James Pach
Businessman lodges treaty claim against Bangladesh

Businessman lodges treaty claim against Bangladesh

Mohammed Saiful Alam (furthest right) One of Bangladesh’s richest men has made good on his threat to launch an ICSID claim against the state after he was accused of helping to siphon off US$12 billion from its banking sector. Register for limited...

Owner:  Nick Brailey
Bangladeshi delegation expresses desire to follow Pakistan’s Ombudsman model
Dhaka University: Evictions, bar on outsiders spark debate

Dhaka University: Evictions, bar on outsiders spark debate

Dhaka University's recent move to restrict the entry of non-students and evict hawkers from its campus has sparked debate, as a section of students and teachers fear it may gradually turn the country's premier institution into an isolated space....

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman
Bangladesh makes strides in beating food insecurity

Bangladesh makes strides in beating food insecurity

Despite improvement, at least 16 million people in Bangladesh are still facing severe levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new report prepared by the government and development partners. The report, presented at a workshop convened by...

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman
Behind closed doors: Europol’s opaque relations with tech companies
Capital market reforms to be finished within two months

Capital market reforms to be finished within two months

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood on Wednesday said they are moving forward with significant capital market reforms and assured stakeholders that all key tasks will be completed within the next...

Owner:  Syed Manzur Elahi
Over 700 Small and Medium-Sized US Businesses Decry Trump’s Tariffs in Supreme Court Brief

Over 700 Small and Medium-Sized US Businesses Decry Trump’s Tariffs in Supreme Court Brief

Hundreds of American enterprises are throwing their weight behind the petitioners in the case against President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs. We Pay the Tariffs, a grassroots coalition made up of over 700 small and medium-sized businesses...

Owner:  Jay Penske
Pakistan, BD vow to enhance economic, diplomatic ties

Pakistan, BD vow to enhance economic, diplomatic ties

ISLAMABAD: Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Special Assistant (State Minister, Ministry of Finance) to the Honorable Chief Adviser of Government of Bangladesh, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of State for Finance and Railways, Bilal Azhar Kayani, at...

Owner:  Zuberi Family
Islamist Rise or Vote for Autonomy? How to Read Jamaat’s Recent Win on Bangladeshi Campuses

Islamist Rise or Vote for Autonomy? How to Read Jamaat’s Recent Win on Bangladeshi Campuses

In Bangladesh’s university dorms, the future is already knocking. The recent sweep of student-union elections by candidates aligned with Islami Chhatra Shibir (henceforth Shibir), the student wing of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami, at Dhaka...

Owner:  Stimson Center
BJP attacks Congress over ‘Bangladeshi national anthem’ recital by Assam leader

BJP attacks Congress over ‘Bangladeshi national anthem’ recital by Assam leader

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday slammed the Congress after a purported video, showing a party leader singing the Bangladesh national anthem at a district-level event in Assam, went viral on social media. The BJP alleged that the...

Owner:  Shobhana Bhartia
Do the Labor Provisions in Trump’s Southeast Asian Trade Deals Have a Point?

Do the Labor Provisions in Trump’s Southeast Asian Trade Deals Have a Point?

“BIG NEWS on the FORCED LABOR IMPORT BAN FRONT!” wrote Laura Murphy, professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, in a LinkedIn post over the weekend. Murphy,...

Owner:  Jay Penske
As campaign heats up in Bihar, NDA, Oppn trade barbs

As campaign heats up in Bihar, NDA, Oppn trade barbs

Campaigning for the high-stakes assembly elections in Bihar kicked into high gear on Wednesday as both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition Grand Alliance deployed top leaders to address rallies criss-crossing the...

Owner:  Shobhana Bhartia
China for smooth polls, deeper ties with Bangladesh

China for smooth polls, deeper ties with Bangladesh

Thu Oct 30, 2025 04:01 AM Last update on: Thu Oct 30, 2025 04:07 AM BSS, Dhaka Thu Oct 30, 2025 04:01 AM Last update on: Thu Oct 30, 2025 04:07 AM Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen yesterday expressed China's sincere wish for a smooth general election...

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman
KL to open its labour market to compliant agencies here

KL to open its labour market to compliant agencies here

Malaysia is going to open its labour recruitment market to all eligible Bangladeshi agencies under a new, uniform selection system. While this promise will help expand opportunities for Bangladeshi workers, industry experts warn that only a few...

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman
1.6 crore people face acute food insecurity in Bangladesh: Joint report

1.6 crore people face acute food insecurity in Bangladesh: Joint report

At least 1.6 crore people in Bangladesh are facing severe levels of acute food insecurity, and 16 lakh children are acutely malnourished, says a new report prepared by the interim government and development partners. The national analysis on acute...

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman
Assam orders probe after Congress leader sings Bangladesh anthem, sparks political row
Capital market volatility bleeds ICB to historic Tk1,213cr losses

Capital market volatility bleeds ICB to historic Tk1,213cr losses

Once a highly profitable state-owned investment banker, the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), which was mandated to support the capital market, has now incurred historic losses amounting to over Tk1,000 crore – the first such instance in...

Owner:  Karim Family
Economy showing early signs of recovery: PRI

Economy showing early signs of recovery: PRI

Bangladesh's economy has begun to show signs of stabilisation, but longstanding problems, weak institutions, and rising inequality continue to weigh heavily on the country's recovery prospects, economists warned yesterday. This was the key...

Owner:  Shahnaz Rahman

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