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⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh has introduced automated Account Verification System for savings certificates and bonds, with 9 of 11 national savings schemes now processed automatically for 39 lakh+ customers.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh has introduced automated Account Verification System for savings certificates and bonds, with 9 of 11 national savings schemes now processed automatically for 39 lakh+ customers.
📊 Economy & Finance
Dozens were injured in a clash between sacked Islami Bank employees and the Sachetan Grahak Forum outside the bank's head office in Dhaka, highlighting the bank's ongoing governance crisis.
👕 RMG & Textile
BKMEA has urged the government to form a high-level committee to coordinate garment industry policymaking, including ministers of finance, commerce and industries, plus NBR and industry associations.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Saudi Arabia's pipeline outage threatens 4% of global oil supply, with Yanbu stocks lasting 5-7 days and Saudi production already at a three-decade low of 6.2 million bpd.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh government is preparing amendments to the Insurance Act 2010 and drafting a crisis-resolution framework, with Finance Minister Amir Khosru warning defaulting insurers of asset liquidation.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Bank has introduced a commodity hedging facility allowing banks to offer futures, swaps, options and forward contracts without case-by-case approval as Iran war drives global price volatility.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh's commerce ministry has removed REHAB President Ali Afzal over loan default, citing Bangladesh Bank CIB report under Section 23(1)(b) of the relevant law.
📊 Economy & Finance
Bangladesh's IDRA has paid Tk 37.54 crore in insurance claims to 8,417 policyholders of seven troubled life insurers in two phases, with the initiative continuing to address remaining unpaid claims.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Aus paddy farmers are facing heavy losses despite a good harvest, with prices falling Tk 300-400 per maund from a year ago amid large stocks and import-driven weak demand.
⚖️ Policy & Regulation
Bangladesh has issued its first dedicated Air Navigation Order on aviation security ahead of an ICAO audit scheduled for October 26, formalising existing security protocols under legal framework.
📊 Economy & Finance
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh is paying nearly $30/MMBtu for spot LNG, almost three times pre-war rates, with Vitol at $29.795 and TotalEnergies at $28.95 as Iran war disrupts supplies and Qatar deliveries suspended.
💼 Investment & FDI
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh aims to add up to 4,000 MW of rooftop solar within one year, requiring $2B+ capital mobilisation, RESCO financing models and a national execution mechanism for delivery at scale.