Eminent writer, researcher, and leftist intellectual Badruddin Umar passed away on Sunday morning at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital due to age-related complications. He was 94.
According to Jatiya Mukti Council Secretary Foyzul Hakim, Umar had been hospitalised on 22 July with shortness of breath and low blood pressure. He received treatment for 10 days before being discharged last week but fell seriously ill again and was pronounced dead at 10:05 am.
Bangladesh’s economic growth momentum softened in August, with the country’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropping by 3.2 points to 58.3 compared to July, according to a report released on Sunday.
The PMI, jointly compiled by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, and Policy Exchange Bangladesh (PEB), indicated that while the economy has now registered 11 consecutive months of growth, key sectors such as agriculture and construction slipped back into contraction.
Bangladesh has unveiled a sweeping 30-year development master plan to transform the coastal region of Matarbari-Maheshkhali into a global commercial and logistics hub, in a bid to reposition the country within the international trade and supply chain ecosystem.
Modelled on global port cities such as Shanghai and Singapore, the initiative is expected to add up to US$150 billion to GDP, attract US$60–65 billion in investment, and create as many as 2.5 million jobs by 2055.
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