Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has warned the bankers against the bad impact of the ‘corporate default culture’ in the banking sector.“Bankers have to be very cautious about the corporate default culture in the banking sector,” he said while unveiling…
Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Monday said the construction of the coal-fired Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarbans will continue as Unesco has no ‘restriction’.“The Rampal issue has been dropped from the Unesco resolution,” he told a…
BNP on Monday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2016 calendar year, showing a fund of Tk 14, 04,878 in reserve.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi handed over the financial report to…
The cost of imported LNG is likely to be Tk 11.50 per unit (each cubic metre) as the government has finally exempted all kinds of duties on it. After a huge debate over duty exemption between the National Board of…
A court here on Monday placed five people, including a female councillor of Bogra municipality, on different terms of remand in two cases filed for shaving the heads of a female student along with her mother after the rape of…
The World Tiger Day will be observed in the country, as elsewhere across the globe, on Saturday to build awareness to save the remaining population of the majestic big cat from extinction.The tiger population is declining alarmingly in the Bangladesh…
The panel of Dhaka University’s pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers, White Panel, has announced to boycott Saturday’s special senate meeting of the university convened to elect a three-member panel for the appointment of the university’s vice-chancellor.White Panel Convener Prof Akhter Hossain Khan announced…
Eleven more children from hilly Tripurapara in Sitakunda Upazila of the district were admitted to Fouzdarhat Infectious Diseases Hospital with the high fever on Friday morning.Of them, six children were admitted to the hospital around 11:00 am and five others…
Condemning ‘police obstruction’ towards holding Yunus Centre’s scheduled international conference on social business here, BNP on Friday said it has demonstrated the government’s ‘despotic and vicious attitude’.“Police denied permission to Yunus Centre to hold its seventh international conference on social…
Mentioning the current circumstances of BNP, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said they have already failed in their movement, and so they cannot form the government.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s announcement of the opening of a new office to focus on victims of crimes by immigrants looks for all the world like a cynical ploy to stigmatize a vulnerable class of people to justify inhumane…
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her son Tarique Rahman has been hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina staying in London in the name of treatment. He came…
Hillary Clinton is calling her new book “What Happened” and promising unprecedented candour as she remembers her stunning defeat last year to Donald Trump. “In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be…
An Iraqi army division trained by the United States government allegedly executed several dozen prisoners in Mosul’s Old City, Human Rights Watch said today. Two international observers detailed the summary killings of four people by the Iraqi army’s 16th Division…
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven accepted the resignation of two cabinet members on Thursday but refused to fire Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist. An alliance of opposition parties has nevertheless vowed to press for a no-confidence vote unless Hultqvist is removed…
India and Bangladesh are expected to soon sign a MoU on elephant conservation and management as top forest and environment officials of both the countries met in Shillong on Thursday to discuss on how best to alleviate the human-elephant conflicts.…
Incessant rain and unusually strong tide caused 10,560 fish enclosures of 10 upazilas in Bagerhat, which is famous for its White Gold shrimps, to go under water resulting in a loss of more than Tk 50 crore for the fish…
US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited “tremendous medical costs and disruption”. The Obama administration decided last year to allow transgender…
Both the bourses –- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — witnessed positive trends on Wednesday, the fourth trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 8.71 points…
China is on track to lead the world in organ transplant surgeries by 2020 following its abandonment of the much-criticized practice of using organs from executed prisoners, the architect of the country’s transplant program said Wednesday. Chairman of the China…
Describing Bangladesh Election Commission as an independent body, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it has been working independently in all fields. “The Election Commission has been working independently in every field, including decision making,” she said when French…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners to ensure so that the prices of various products remain within people’s purchasing capacity. He gave the directives while speaking at the 2nd working session of the 2nd day of…
Saima Wazed Hossain has been awarded the International Champion Award from Shema Kolainu, a New York-based School and Center for Children with Autism, for her relentless and innovative works for the wellbeing of the persons with autism. Saima, daughter of…
Roads were flooded. Traffic tailback was everywhere. Commuters were wading through rainwater. School-going children were falling out of rickshaws. These were the chaotic scenes people saw in the capital on Wednesday after hours of rain. Triggered by an active monsoon,…
Before he landed his new job as White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci reportedly told fellow Republicans that the Trump administration should cut out the middleman and just produce its own television news show each morning. The financier, who until…
MALE: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accused India of “undermining” the spirit of the SAARC by “casting shadows” of bilateral issues on the multilateral forum for regional cooperation. In a joint press conference with Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen here,…
Stressing the importance of stamping out corruption from the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday laid out a 23-point guideline for the Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to ensure people’s welfare and directed them to be more active…
Government Titumir College student M Siddiqur Rahman who suffered serious eye injuries during a police action at Shahbagh will be flown to Chennai of India on Thursday for better treatment.Health Minister Mohammad Nasim came up with the announcement while talking…
Reiterating that there will be no compromise with anyone when it comes to the fair election, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday hoped all the political parties will participate in the next parliamentary polls. “We won’t compromise when…
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to cancel the routes of its buses if those ply wrong sides of roads violating traffic rules. The authorities took the decision in an internal meeting, said DU acting proctor AM Amzad Ali on…