New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Bangladesh’s economy remained in a “fragile and uneven recovery phase” in Q1 CY2026 as persistent inflation, weak private investment, subdued industrial activity and external sector pressures continued to drag the country’s growth, a new report said citing, the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).The industry body said in its quarterly review that “high living costs, cautious private sector sentiment and weak industrial expansion continued to weigh…
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Bangladesh slipped three places to 152nd out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, with renewed repression of the media following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime likely to have economic consequences, a report has said.The report from Bangladesh-based news publisher The Business Standard highlighted that Bangladesh is in the “very serious” category, down three spots from 149th in 2025.”After the fall of the Hasina regime, the media expected freed…
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Mob violence in Bangladesh has ceased to be an isolated phenomenon and is now emerging as a broader crisis, with waning trust in the country’s justice system, a report said on Monday. Citing data from Dhaka-based rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Nazrul Islam, a retired Major General of the Bangladesh Army, wrote in Bangladeshi daily ‘The Business Standard’ that mob attacks resulted in 128 deaths in 2024 and rose to 197 in 2025. Following the political transition…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) A total of 25 BNP MPs have been selected to take the oath as Ministers in the Cabinet, while 24 will be sworn in as state ministers, of the newly elected government in Bangladesh, local media reports.The list of Ministers includes Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram, etc, according to the leading Bangladeshi daily, The Dhaka Tribune. Two BNP leaders, Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid and Kha…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Bangladesh election result has been welcomed by the country’s media as a verdict against fundamentalism and gender inequality, where an alliance led by a more tolerant party won the trust of an overwhelming majority of the 59 per cent of the country’s 12.8 crore electors who exercised their franchise on Thursday. “BNP clocks landslide victory as Jamaat’s religion card fails,” said Bangladesh’s The Business Standard, while the weekly Blitz termed it “A silent revo…
Dhaka, Feb 1 (IANS) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) has finalised Krishna Nandi, president of the party’s Hindu committee in Dumuria Upazila, as its candidate for the Khulna-1 (Dakop–Batiaghata) constituency, apparently showcasing that people of all faiths are included in the party. However, Jamaat-e-Islami’s attempt to shed its exclusive tag and portray itself as an inclusive organisation falls short of genuine inclusivity without drastic amendments to its constitution. In 2008, Jamaat-e-Isl…
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Missing luggage trolleys at Dhaka airport in Bangladesh are not only an operational failure but exposes a governance system which makes excuses, has poor accountability, and is allergic to fixing the real problem. Luggage trolley crisis at the Dhaka airport is not only an operational failure but a national parable, a report has highlighted. Passengers who arrive at Dhaka airport now have to find a trolley for one to two hours, showcasing failures, excuses of the authorities …
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to meet the expectations of the people who are forced into a budgetary belt-tightening under the combined effects of high inflation rates, low wages, and an artificial food scarcity, the local media has highlighted. “When the interim government took charge, expectations were high,” according to an opinion piece in Bangladesh’s The Business Standard. “A year and a half later, that hope has thinned. Pri…