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Bangladesh sets export earnings target at $63.5b
01:44 PM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayThe government has set a target of $63.5 billion in export earnings for the current fiscal year 2025-26, a significant increase from the previous year’s target.
Bangladesh, Malaysia pledge to elevate ties to strategic partnership
01:23 PM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have reaffirmed their commitment to deepen bilateral relations into a future-oriented strategic partnership, during a high-level meeting at Perdana Putra, Putrajaya, on Tuesday, August 12.
The office that never was: Inside China’s 'Pretend to Work' trend
12:30 PM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayFrom Dongguan to Shanghai, “pretend offices” are quietly emerging across major Chinese cities – fully equipped with Wi-Fi, meeting rooms, tea breaks, and even fake colleagues. For a daily fee of 30 to 50 yuan ($4–7), unemployed graduates and failed entrepreneurs can rent a desk, dress for work, and walk into a space that feels like a real office because being seen as unemployed feels worse.
Anwar voices concern over Bangladesh's Rohingya burden
11:59 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday, August 12, said Malaysia is concerned with the burden placed on Bangladesh due to hosting enormous numbers of forcibly displaced Rohingyas.
Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur ink 5 MoUs, exchange 3 notes to strengthen ties
09:47 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayOn the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s three-day state visit to Malaysia, Bangladesh and Malaysia signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and exchanged three notes to deepen cooperation across a range of strategic sectors.
Saifuzzaman’s UK property empire goes bust
09:18 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdaySix UK-based property companies tied to Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, a former Bangladeshi land minister and close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, have collapsed into administration, marking a dramatic fall for a once-expansive real estate portfolio now entangled in a widening corruption scandal.
Anwar begins bilateral talks with Yunus in Putrajaya
08:12 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has begun formal bilateral talks with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in Putrajaya Tuesday morning.
Anwar receives Yunus in Putrajaya for bilateral talks
07:59 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim formally received Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh at the Perdana Putra Building in Putrajaya on Tuesday morning, marking the beginning of a high-level bilateral engagement during Yunus’s three-day state visit to Malaysia.
India restricts import of jute products from Bangladesh via land ports
07:44 AM, 12 Aug 2025 TuesdayIndia has imposed an immediate ban on the import of several categories of jute and bast fibre products from Bangladesh through all land border crossings, allowing entry only through the Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) Seaport in Maharashtra.
NCP leaders meet US Chargé d’Affaires
10:04 PM, 11 Aug 2025 MondayA delegation from the National Citizen Party (NCP) paid a courtesy visit to US Chargé d’Affaires Tracy Ann Jacobson at her official residence in Dhaka on Monday, August 11.
Alliances candidates must contest with own party symbols
09:42 PM, 11 Aug 2025 MondayA new provision has been introduced in the draft reforms of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) saying that candidates contesting under an alliance must run with their own party’s symbol, ensuring transparency and clear voter choice.
False affidavit can oust a winning MP, even after election
08:58 PM, 11 Aug 2025 MondayThe Election Commission has the authority to cancel an MP’s seat even after an election if it is found that false information was submitted in their nomination affidavit, Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah has confirmed.