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The Business Standard, 3 Sep 2026

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ArticleAfter Metro’s costs, Japan­ese loan rates also set to rise

Revised pro­pos­als for Dhaka’s MRT Line-1 and MRT Line-5 North­ern reveal that Bangladesh faces not only sharp project cost over­runs, but also sig­ni­fic­antly higher interest rates on its Japan­ese loans. Estim­ates indic­ate that interest rates on...

After Metro’s costs, Japan­ese loan rates also set to rise

ArticleNPLS cross Tk6 lakh crore in June

Non-per­form­ing loans (NPLS) in the coun­try’s bank­ing sec­tor rose by nearly Tk18,000 crore in April-june, cross­ing Tk6 lakh crore des­pite Bangladesh Bank’s con­tin­ued efforts to con­tain toxic loans through relaxed res­chedul­ing facil­it­ies...

NPLS cross Tk6 lakh crore in June

ArticleDhaka’s Mecca Pact decision does not con­cern Tehran: Ira­nian envoy

Iran yes­ter­day said it does not view the Mecca Pact involving Saudi Ara­bia, Türkiye and Pakistan as something against Tehran and that Bangladesh’s decision does not cre­ate con­cerns for them. “We don’t regard the Mecca Peace Pact as against Iran....

Dhaka’s Mecca Pact decision does not con­cern Tehran: Ira­nian envoy

ArticleACC begins graft probe against ex-adviser Asif Mah­mud, three oth­ers

The Anti-cor­rup­tion Com­mis­sion (ACC) has launched an invest­ig­a­tion into alleg­a­tions of cor­rup­tion involving former interim gov­ern­ment adviser for Youth and Sports Asif Mah­mud Shojib Bhuiyan and three other offi­cials in con­nec­tion with...

ACC begins graft probe against ex-adviser Asif Mah­mud, three oth­ers