Bangladesh slips 2 positions in Global Corruption Index
Bangladesh has slipped two notches in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024, to 151 out of 180 countries, jointly with Congo and Iran.
Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr. Iftekharuzzaman has revealed the findings on Tuesday at a press confere...
BD expats stage protest rally for financial support
bdreports24 Desk:
Bangladeshi expatriates, mainly those who had been living in Dubai, staged a sit-in protest in front of the InterContinental Hotel in the capital on Monday, demanding financial support and full rehabilitation for those affected by the July movement.
The protest led to a blockade on the road, causing disruption to traffic in the area.
The protesters highlighted that during the student movement, the expatriates in countries s
Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh has recorded its lowest economic growth in last four years in past fiscal year of 2023-24 due to contractionary monetary and fiscal policies to tackle the dwindling forex reserves and high inflation, and energy supply disruption.
Country's economy grew by 4.22 percent in the previous fiscal year, falling 1.6 percentage points short of the provisional estimate by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
CID gets 2 bones from Dhanmondi-32 home
bdreports24 Desk:
A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), have found two bones as they visited demolished Dhanmondi-32 residence on Monday.
Officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station Ali Masud said that the team arrived at the site on Monday morning to collect the bones, which will undergo tests to determine whether they are human or from another source.
CID’s Special Superintendent of Police (Media) Jasim Uddin confirmed the collection of the bones.
A rumour circulating on social media on Thursday alleged the presence of an "Ayna Ghor" near the demolished Dhanmondi-32 residence, claiming that huma...
Bangladesh records lowest economic growth in 4yrs
Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh has recorded its lowest economic growth in last four years in past fiscal year of 2023-24 due to contractionary monetary and fiscal policies to tackle the dwindling forex reserves and high inflation, and energy supply disruption.
Country's economy grew by 4.22 percent in the previous fiscal year, falling 1.6 percentage points short of the provisional estimate by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
The final gross domestic product (GDP) ...
CA Yunus pledges to control prices, fix economy
Reaffirming his government’s commitment to fix the economy, Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday called for collective efforts to keep essential commodity prices stable during the upcoming Ramadan.
"We seek everyone's cooperation to ensure that prices remain manageable. We have already talked to businesspeople, and they have assured us that there will be no short supply (of commodities) in the market. If anyone tries to create an artificial crisis for excessive profit, we will take strict action against them," he said in a televised speech to the nation in the morning.
