The central bank boss said that the new Shariah-compliant commercial bank from merging five others is dropping this week. Ahsan Mansur told a business summit that the next elected government needs to let the Bangladesh Bank run independently if they want actual good governance, and he thinks central bank workers should get their own pay scale like 130 other countries already do.
The governor mentioned businesses can open letters of credit without limits because dollar reserves are looking decent, but he noticed something weird where fewer LCs are getting opened even though more stuff is being imported. Turns out the bank cracked down on people laundering cash through fake invoicing schemes.
Mansur said the country desperately needs...
Bangladesh's top guy sent his law adviser and assistant to check on Khaleda Zia at the hospital, and apparently, she's doing pretty rough. Asif Nazrul posted after midnight, saying her condition looked bad and asked everyone to send prayers.
The former prime minister got admitted after doctors found infections messing with her heart and lungs, plus she's dealing with pneumonia. She's getting watched around the clock in the cardiac care unit with specialists from different countries trying to stabilize her.
BNP's secretary general was hanging around the hospital when the officials showed up to get the rundown from medical staff about what's happening with the party leader.
Tarique Rahman posted about wanting to see his sick mom, but basically said he can't just hop on a plane whenever he feels like it. The BNP guy wrote that coming back to Bangladesh depends on the political situation sorting itself out first, and his family is waiting for things to reach some kind of stable point before he can end his exile.
His mother, Khaleda Zia, is getting intensive cardiac care at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, with doctors from different countries working on her case. People across Bangladesh have been throwing up prayers for the former prime minister regardless of which political team they're on, and the chief adviser said the medical crew should give her everything she needs.
Bangladesh's top lawyer told a bunch of attorneys at their dinner party that everyone needs to work together to stop the whole delayed-justice problem, since dragging things out basically kills the point of having courts. Md Asaduzzaman said this while hanging with the Sylhet District Bar Association crew.
A few judges and former prosecutors showed up to talk about legal stuff, and the bar association president ran the event with some other lawyer buddies helping out. They wrapped things up with some cultural performances after all the speeches were done.
Khaleda Zia is getting worked on at Evercare Hospital's cardiac unit, while her son Tarique Rahman posted about wanting to be with his sick mom, but basically can't make that call himself. The BNP acting chairman wrote that he's stuck waiting until the political situation settles down before he can actually come back home.
The former prime minister is in pretty rough shape, and people across the country have been sending prayers her way regardless of what party they're with. Bangladesh's chief adviser also asked for her recovery and said the medical team should give her whatever treatment she needs.
Bangladesh is basically fumbling the bag with all its big trading buddies right now, and people who watch this stuff are saying the interim government screwed up some deals that are gonna haunt whoever takes over next. The country locked in some agreements with America that got China side-eyeing them, and they're paying way more for rice because things got weird with India.
The whole situation is messy because Europe is mad that Bangladesh promised to buy Boeing planes after already saying they'd get Airbus jets from France, and Japan wants the same sweet deal America got. One economist said the government rushed into long-term commitments without asking businesses what they thought, and the next elected crew is gonna have to clean up...
The Jamaat boss is out here saying Bangladeshis are sick of the same crusty political playbook and want something different. Shafiqur Rahman went off at a rally backing his party's candidate, claiming voters are done with partisan governments and want leaders who actually care about regular people instead of lining their pockets.
He brought up the July uprising and said fascism is still hanging around even though some of the fascist crew bounced. The party leader pointed to corruption, land grabs, and sketchy behavior as proof that the old garbage politics are still kicking.
Rahman threw some shade at parties that said they'd work with everyone except Jamaat, basically saying his crew would team up with anyone if they win the election.
BNP's top guy, Mirza Fakhrul, is saying social media is basically turning into a dumpster fire that's making people go wild in the streets and wrecking the whole democracy vibe. He thinks random people posting whatever garbage they want without anyone checking them is causing mob attacks and spreading BS about politicians and regular folks.
Fakhrul told a bunch of journalist union people that they need to get their act together and stop picking sides with political parties if they actually want to protect their jobs and freedoms. He brought up the upcoming February election and mentioned everyone's waiting to get back to actual democratic rule.
The secretary general also said party leader Khaleda Zia is in really bad shape health-wise...
Bangladesh's embassy in Kathmandu threw a fish festival that pulled in diplomats, government folks, business people, and hotel managers from around Nepal. Ambassador Md Shafiqur Rahman talked up his country's fishing game as part of their whole river culture thing, while Nepal's acting foreign secretary said these kinds of events help build stronger ties between the two countries.
The star attraction was smoked hilsa and mustard hilsa cooked by Bangladeshi chefs, plus a bunch of other seafood like grilled lobster, fried pomfret, and tiger prawn curry. The embassy had already done a preview event for Nepali fish importers and hospitality businesses to scope out potential deals.
Over 150 guests showed up to check out the spread, and the...
