কর স্বর্গ ও গোপন (শেল) কোম্পানি খোলার অন্যতম কেন্দ্র বলে পরিচিত ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন আইল্যান্ডসে বাংলাদেশের বিতর্কিত শিল্পগোষ্ঠী এস. আলমের বিপুল পরিমাণ বিনিয়োগের সন্ধান মিলেছে। এই গ্রুপের অর্থ পাচারের অভিযোগ তদন্তকারীদের মতে, ২০১১ থেকে ২০২৪ সালের মধ্যে – ব্রিটিশ ভার্জিন আইল্যান্ডসে – মূলত অর্থপাচারের উদ্দেশ্যে ১৮টি গোপন কোম্পানি খুলেছেন এস আলমের চেয়ারম্যান সাইফুল ইসলাম মাসুদ। এসব ক্ষেত্রে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের কোনো অনুমতিও নেননি তিনি।

The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal on Friday that would have developed nations take the lead in providing $250 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer nations - a proposal that drew criticism from all sides.World governments represented at the summit in the Azerbaijan capital Baku are tasked with agreeing a sweeping funding plan to tackle climate change, but the talks have been marked by division between wealthy governments resisting a costly outcome and developing nations pushing for more. Negotiators have just hours to bridge their differences before the two-week conference, scheduled to end on Friday evening, spills into overtime, with expectations the $250 billion target could yet rise.

A Tk 935-million project to strengthen Bangladesh's entrepreneurial ecosystem by enhancing entrepreneurship-education infrastructure and curricula at universities is awaiting the final nod from the government. With a theme of creative Bangladesh, the project was proposed by the Secondary and Higher Education Division. The Planning Commission has done the preparatory work to place the project proposal for final approval during Monday's (November 25) meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).

A Tk 935-million project to strengthen Bangladesh's entrepreneurial ecosystem by enhancing entrepreneurship-education infrastructure and curricula at universities is awaiting the final nod from the government. With a theme of creative Bangladesh, the project was proposed by the Secondary and Higher Education Division. The Planning Commission has done the preparatory work to place the project proposal for final approval during Monday's (November 25) meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).