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...

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 —...

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...

Bangladeshi delegation expresses desire to follow Pakistan’s Ombudsman model

Published on: October 30, 2025 12:55 AM A delegation of Bangladesh has visited the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Secretariat to study Pakistan’s Ombudsman model and explore avenues of cooperation in establishing a similar institution in Bangladesh....

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....

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...

Behind closed doors: Europol’s opaque relations with tech companies

Home / Analyses / 2025 / Behind closed doors: Europol’s opaque relations with tech companies Topic Country/Region 31 October 2025 As part of its research into the expanding—and largely unchecked—use of AI by EU security agencies, Statewatch delves...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Assam orders probe after Congress leader sings Bangladesh anthem, sparks political row

Daijiworld Media Network - Guwahati Guwahati, Oct 29: The Assam government has ordered an investigation after a video showing senior Congress leader Vidhu Bhushan Das singing Bangladesh’s national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, during a party meeting...

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...

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...