Shaikh Abdullah

Shaikh Abdullah is a Special Correspondent covering the banking sector, government budget and development plan, alongside the economy and private sector. He has nearly two decades of financial reporting experience under this belt. Abdullah can be reached at [email protected]

File photo of Election Commission building in Agargaon. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

EC seeks 2013-24 financial info of Janipop, other election observers

Those injured during the July-August mass uprising stage a sit-in protest in front of the office of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on 27 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

July Uprising victims now eligible for grants up to Tk5 lakh, low-interest loans

Illustration: TBS
Banking

Exporters to get faster payments as BB to allow global invoice discounting

Representational image. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Conservation of 80% of farmland proposed in draft law to ensure food security

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt expands pension benefits: Second spouse entitled, health support added

Illustration: TBS
Banking

Nassa can reschedule default loans with 1% down payment; no decision yet on Beximco

Representational Image. File Photo: Collected
Politics

Tk446cr additional funds sought for Ansar ahead of election

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Job entry age for doctors, disabled to be raised to 34

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt to broker Tk165cr loan deal between in-jail Nassa Group chair and banks to restart factories

Bangladesh Secretariat. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

How govt is preparing administration for election in February

Day labourers head to their work sites. Photo:TBS
Bangladesh

Welfare fund fails workers as most eligible firms don’t contribute

The students demand that the existing 33% quota for diploma engineers in the ninth-grade posts of government service be abolished, and appointments be made solely on the basis of merit. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

BSc vs diploma engineers: Why the conflict, and what they demand

Power bill arrears from public, private entities cross Tk10,000cr
Energy

Power bill arrears from public, private entities cross Tk10,000cr