A Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into a school in Dhaka has claimed 34 lives, with most of the victims being children. The death toll rose after three more children succumbed to severe burn injuries.
Banking sector needs $35 billion for reconstruction as 80% funds embezzled: Finance Advisor
Finance Advisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed stated that Bangladesh’s banking sector requires an estimated US$35 billion for its reconstruction.
Property seized from owner of collapsed Bangladesh building
SAVAR, Bangladesh A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to “immediately” confiscate the property of a collapsed building’s owner, as thousands of protesters demanding death …
Unlocking business growth and efficiency: How Bangladesh can leverage Generative AI
Generative AI, a subset of the broader AI field, consists of machine learning systems that can produce content, insights, and solutions with intuition and efficiency similar to humans.
Day of prayers for victims after Bangladesh jet crash
Special prayers were held across Bangladesh on Friday, as the death toll from a fighter jet crash into a school building in Dhaka rose to 32.Following a government directive, all mosques across the …
With Political Uncertainty And Tariff Threats, Bangladesh Is Drifting
In early August last year, Bangladesh witnessed a mini-revolution which saw the ouster of long-serving leader Sheikh Hasina and the installation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus as an …
Why Bangladesh’s capital market is poised for a bull run
As Bangladesh emerges from years of economic turbulence, a rare alignment of factors is setting the stage for its capital market to roar back to life. From a stabilising macroeconomic backdrop to …
The battle for Bangladesh: Eye Investigations
Over 1000 Bangladeshis died last year in a popular uprising that led to the overthrow of the government. But who gave the order to police to fire? BBC Eye investigates.
Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to relax visa rules
The decision to relax visa rules is seen as an effort to foster greater diplomatic engagement and is expected to ease travel for officials and diplomats between the two nations.
Can Bangladesh Still Score a ‘Hail Mary’ Tariff Deal?
The South Asian nation’s interim government has requested that the office of the U.S. Trade Representative schedule a third and final round of negotiations to potentially strike a better deal.