India allowing fugitive Hasina’s public address
Envoys express confidence in EC: Nasir
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said foreign diplomats posted in Bangladesh have expressed confidence in the Election Commission’s ability to conduct a free, fair, neutral and credible 13th national parliamentary election.
Speaking to journalists after a briefing with diplomats at a hotel in Gulshan, the CEC said the commission had provided a detailed overview of its preparations and electoral processes to ensure transparency and credibility.
Construction market presents significant growth opportunities
The "Bangladesh Construction Market Size, Trends, and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis to 2029 (H2 2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Growth in the Bangladeshi construction industry was expected to slow from real terms growth of 3.4% in 2024 to 2.3% growth in 2025, following elevated inflation and subdued investor confidence amid political uncertainty.
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Testing a new political language in Bangladesh
Sufi Sagar Psalms:
Bangladesh’s political transitions have rarely emerged from quiet introspection. Power here has more often shifted through confrontation, violence and retribution.
It is against this backdrop that Tarique Rahman’s first public engagement as Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) merits close attention. What he delivered was not simply a spee...
It’s got tigers, tea plantations and beaches — so why does Bangladesh struggle to attract tourists?
It has vast mangrove forests, hills covered in tea plantations and record-breaking beaches, but for most tourists, Bangladesh is still a blank space on the map.
The South Asian country welcomed just 650,000 international tourists in 2024, according to the Bangladesh Tourism Boa...
Govt to guarantee 14 Boeing aircraft purchase
The government will provide a sovereign guarantee to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to buy 14 aircraft from US planemaker Boeing, as the two sides are likely to sign a deal within this month, sources at the national flag carrier said.
The first aircraft from Boeing for Biman is scheduled for delivery in November 2031, with the remaining aircraft expected to arrive by October 2035, Boshra Islam, general manager of Biman, told the media yesterday.
