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Stock Market Manipulator is our new Governor

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Shares in a small, loss-making technology company in which Bangladesh’s newly appointed central bank governor is a sponsor shareholder, and which is controlled by individuals linked to the S. Alam Group, rose sharply in the days before and after his appointment, according to stock exchange data and corporate filings.

What about our farmers ?

Remembering the Language Movement martyrs with utmost love and respect.

We must keep talking about this man.
A man who was criticised by BNP for his American Citizenship. BNP wanted his removal as security advisor of the interim government.But now BNP made him foreign minister. What made him so valuable ? USA ?

We must keep talking !

Begum Rokeya was not just a reformer; she was a revolution in motion. At a time when society buried women’s voices under layers of ignorance and fear, Rokeya rose with a clarity and courage that shook the foundations of patriarchy. She fought with words, vision, and unbreakable conviction — proving that education is the sharpest weapon against oppression.

Her legendary “Sultana’s Dream” was more than literature; it was a declaration that women deserve a world where dignity, intelligence, and justice guide their lives. By founding Sakhawat Memorial Girls’ School, she carved a path through darkness so that generations of girls could walk toward freedom.

Rokeya’s legacy is not confined to history — it breathes in every woman who dares to dream, to learn, and to rise. She taught us that true liberation begins in the mind and spreads like fire.

Begum Rokeya remains the eternal flame of women’s awakening.

Begum Rokeya Day is being observed today (9 December) to commemorate the life and contributions of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a trailblazer in the fight for women's rights and education in the Indian subcontinent.

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2009 NPLs were ≈ Tk 22,240 crore (as base reference in June 2009).

2009 Gross NPL ratio~9.2%

2010 Gross NPL ratio ~ 7.1%.

2011 Gross NPL ratio ~ 6.2%.

2012 Gross NPL ratio ~ 10.0%

2013 Gross NPL ratio ~ 8.9%.

2014 Gross NPL ratio ~ 9.7%.

2015 Gross NPL ratio ~ 8.8%.

2016 Gross NPL ratio ~ 9.2%.

2017 Gross NPL ratio ~ 9.3%.

2018 Gross NPL ratio ~ 10.3%.

2019 Gross NPL ratio ~ 9.3%.

2022 Gross NPL ratio ~ 8.96%

2023 Gross NPL ratio ~9%.

2024 Gross NPL ratio ~24.13%

2025 Gross NPL ratio ~36% (June)

Defaulted loans in the banking sector rose further to Tk 6.44 lakh crore, or nearly 36 percent of total disbursed loans, at the end of September this year, showing Bangladesh Bank (BB) data released today.

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