According to Bangladesh Bank data, as of March 2025, 31 scheduled banks are offering agent banking services through 21,023 active outlets managed by 15,838 agents. Impressively, 85.68% of these ...

With over 430 agent outlets nationwide, City Bank is expanding banking access beyond traditional branches. Prioritizing security, compliance, and customized products, the bank supports small traders, ...

A mentally unstable young man, Raju Gazi, 36, was killed in a mob lynching moments after he fatally attacked Shariful Gazi, ...

For decades, the phrase “Made in Bangladesh” has been primarily associated with the global fashion industry. Unfortunately, ...

Sixty-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of ...

Baiguni village, in Kalai Upazila of Bangladesh, is known as the "village of one kidney", because so many of its residents have sold their kidneys [Aminul Islam Mithu/ Al Jazeera] ...

Groups used guns and spears to prevent supporters of rivals from reaching the polling booths in a village in Narsingdi district in central Bangladesh, killing three people, said Satyajt Kumar ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Solar power is in place in nearly a million homes in rural Bangladesh, which is drastically short of electricity, the World Bank said on Monday. "More than 870,000 homes and ...

Kathryn M. Yount, AliceAnn Crandall, Yuk Fai Cheong, Theresa L. Osypuk, Lisa M. Bates, Ruchira T. Naved, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Bangladesh: A ...

Five weeks ago, a 20-year-old named Arifa Sultana delivered a baby in a hospital in southwestern Bangladesh. As the BBC has reported, Sultana had received limited prenatal care in her rural ...