The country’s GDP growth finally reached 6.55 per cent in the last fiscal year (2014-15), which is 0.04 per cent higher than the provisional GDP estimation of 6.51 percent, claimed planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.The minister said this while talking…
Bangladesh Army’s Adjutant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman has been made the Armed Forces Division’s Principal Staff Officer. A government source on Monday confirmed his appointment to the crucial post. Lieutenant General Rahman hais replaced Lt Gen Md Mainul Islam who…
The students of Finance and Banking department of the Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human Chain protesting the abduction of M R M Akhtaruzzaman, a former student of the department and Senior Assistant Vice-President of Exim Bank Limited. They formed…
Dhaka – The government will again move to raise power tariff side by side with improving the customer service. This indication was dropped by State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Sunday while addressing the general manager conference…
News Desk Meeting today in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the representatives of the EU, US, Canada, Bangladesh and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) – partners committed to the so called Bangladesh Sustainability Compact – assessed the progress and set priorities for further…
A sergeant and a constable of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have died after their vehicle collided head-on with a truck in Narayanganj’s Arhaihajar Upazila.
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque ordered the filed level police officials to give most priority to contain militancy and abuse of illegal drugs taking those as two big challenges. The IGP was asked about his directives…
Dhaka – Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday said their leader Khaleda Zia will legally fight the sedition case filed against her over her remarks on the number of the 1971 Liberation War martyrs. Speaking…
Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a truck ploughed through their house in Dwariarpur municipality area of Shahjadpur upazila early Tuesday.
Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the graft case filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday summoned BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 23 to explain her comments on the number of martyrs in the independence war of 1971.
The Cabinet is likely to approve the draft of the Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Policy 2016 on Monday.
Court Correspondent The Ministry of Home on Sunday gave approval to file a sedition case against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with her comment about the number of martyrs in country’s war of independence.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday allowed last time for hearing on charge framing in a violence case filed against 74 BNP men including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
All non-essential travel has been banned in New York, transport suspended and bridges shut as the city is hit by one of its worst snowstorms. Parts of the eastern United States have received 40in (102cm) of snowfall in a huge…
New British high commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake on Wednesday said most of the Bangladeshis were denied rights to vote in the 5 January 2014 general elections.Blake, who took charge after handing over her credentials to the president, Abdul Hamid,…
Washington – A Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden allegedly kept an unauthorized photo of his corpse, The Intercept reported Tuesday. Matthew Bissonnette turned over a hard drive that contained the photo to U.S. investigators in exchange for an…
STAFF REPORTER Sushasaner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) a civic platform, yesterday claimed that the process of polling and counting votes in the recently concluded municipal polls was not credible and transparent.
Speaking from the Cabinet Room, President announced on Monday that we’ve secured significant diplomatic achievements in Iran. Thanks to the Iran nuclear agreement, Iran can no longer develop a nuclear weapon. And this morning, four Americans were officially freed from…
The US has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals over a recent ballistic missile test. The new sanctions prevent 11 entities and individuals linked to the missile programme from using the US banking system.
Dhaka – Public university teachers who have been on a movement to realise their four-point demand will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday. “A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) will go to Ganobhaban at…
Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China. In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China, adding Beijing must respect Taiwan’s democracy and both sides must ensure…
A former governor of Bangladesh Bank has said banking sector reforms will not be beneficial unless banks are freed of political influence and pressure.Former central bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed made the comment at a roundtable on ‘banking sector reforms and…
By Vinson Cunningham Almost nine years ago, shortly after Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President, near the steps of the Illinois statehouse, I joined the staff of the then-Senator’s unlikely campaign, as a lowest-level fund-raiser in New York. My…
DU correspondent As per their prescheduled programme, teachers of all 37 public universities continued the indefinite work stoppage yesterday for the 4th consecutive day, protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.
Washington – Putting aside a sudden crisis with Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Americans in his final State of the Union address to reject the politics of tribalism and fear that have rocked the campaign to find his…
The High Court on Tuesday asked authorities to issue a fresh notice on BNP leader Tarique Rahman about his surrender and acceptance of an appeal against a previous lower court verdict in which he was acquitted in a money laundering…
BNP Standing Committee Member ASM Hannan Shah says that instead of punishing the architects of the 1/11 incident, the Awami League-led government is rewarding them. “The people who orchestrated 1/11, violated human rights and tyrannised people must be brought to…
STAFF REPORTER Officials of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday halted their ongoing programme till January 24 after getting assurance from the government to resolve the crisis created out of the eighth national pay scale.
From religious leaders to celebrities, politicians, and soccer clubs, the world was united on Monday in mourning the loss of David Bowie, who has died at the age of 69.”David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a…