1+ day, 47+ min ago   (284+ words) Bangladesh Bank is considering whether to revise the definition of a loan default as it seeks to reduce the country’s high level of non-performing loans (NPLs). Under a classification system aligned with international standards, the interim government brought previously underreported…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (195+ words) Sultan Ali Allana the Chairman of HBL and Muhammad Nassir Salim the President & CEO arrived in Dhaka this week for a three-day official visit aimed at deepening Bangladesh's economic ties with key global markets. The trip includes meetings with senior…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (527+ words) Dengue and measles cases are rising in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna, raising fresh concerns over public health as 83 patients sought treatment at the upazila health complex in just 33 days. According to hospital data, the cases were recorded between August 1 and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (267+ words) Six more people have died in Bangladesh after developing measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, although no death from laboratory-confirmed measles was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the six deaths, five…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (131+ words) businesstimes-bd.com Four children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8:00am Sunday also pushing the country's combined confirmed and suspected measles death toll to 967 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) classified all four latest deaths as…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) Indian and U.S. businesses have expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said Saturday. Speaking to reporters after a law and order meeting with officials of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, Muktadir said several Indian businesspeople who recently visited…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (245+ words) Bangladesh recorded 366 new dengue hospitalizations in the 24 hours leading up to bringing the total number of admissions this year to 27,388. According to the Friday bulletin from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) no new deaths from the Aedes mosquito-borne…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (167+ words) Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to 8:00 am on Friday. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has classified these latest fatalities as suspected measles deaths. This pushes the country’s combined death toll from…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Four more children have died with measles-related symptoms in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, taking the combined number of deaths from measles and suspected measles cases to 922 since March 15. The latest figures were released by the Directorate General of Health…...