Agency : Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday a 16-member India Women’s Cricket squad for the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team. Asha Sobhana and Sajana Sajeevan are among the fresh faces in the Indian squad for the tour of Bangladesh. Their inclusion comes on the back of impressive performances in the 2024 Women’s Premier League (WPL). Sobhana etched her name in history by becoming the first Indian cricketer to achieve a five-wicket...
Day: April 17, 2024
Business Report : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further revised down the growth forecast for Bangladesh’s economy to 5.7 percent for the current fiscal year of 2023-24 due to different global and local challenges, including persistently high inflation. This is the second time the multilateral agency cut economic growth forecast on Bangladesh. In October last year, it projected 6 percent growth, cutting down its previous prediction from 6.5 percent for the same fiscal year. The IMF made the revised...
Staff Reporter : A total of nine members of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were arrested during joint operations led by the Bangladesh Army in various areas of Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Tuesday. The joint force also recovered nine firearms and ammunition from their possessions, Inter-Services Public Relations said in a press release this afternoon. Earlier on April 2, the extremist group abducted Bandarban’s Ruma upazila branch’s Sonali Bank manager, Md. Nezam Uddin, and tried to loot Tk 1.5...
Special Correspondent : When the government first introduced the ‘Universal Pension Scheme (UPS),’ public interest was initially sluggish. However, the tides have turned, with over 54,000 individuals now enrolled in UPS. Multiple sources report that approximately Tk 43.62 crore has been deposited across four UPS categories. Officials anticipate that the number of beneficiaries will soon exceed one lakh. The government established various schemes under UPS to cater to different demographics. These include the Progoti scheme for private sector employees, Probash...
Court Correspondent : The Labour Appellate Tribunal of Dhaka on Tuesday extended the bail of Nobel Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus and three other convicted directors of Grameen Telecom until May 23 in the Labour Law Violation case. MA Awal, Chairman (in-charge) of the Labour Appellate Tribunal, passed the order, Barrister Abdullah-Al-Mamun, a lawyer for Professor Yunus, told the media. Earlier, Dr. Yunus, Chairman of Grameen Telecom, and his three colleagues appeared before the tribunal around 11:00 a.m. and filed a...
Staff Reporter : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has reported a concerning trend in revenue collection from ten key imported goods, revealing a significant year-on-year decline of Tk 1,677 crore during the first eight months (July–February) of the current fiscal year. This downward trajectory has been attributed to complications in opening letters of credit (LC) stemming from the ongoing dollar crisis. Imports of these essential goods from various countries have also plummeted threefold during this period, exacerbating the revenue...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has been categorised as a “mostly unfree” and “mostly unprosperous” nation by the latest global ‘Freedom...
Business Report : Foreign Minister Dr Hassan Mahmud and his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis vowed to forge bilateral cooperation in...
Business Desk : The Premier Bank PLC recently signed a remittance disbursement agreement with the renowned mobile financial service provider...
Dr. SM Jahangir Alam : Budget deficit is when expenditure is more than income. Revenue is the main source of...
Sports Reporter : Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team Najmul Hossain Shanto said, “Don’t expect too much from T20 World Cup.”...