National,Back Page
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and four UK-based anti-corruption organizations have jointly called for the immediate freezing of illegal assets held by Bangladeshis in abroad for bringing back to the country.In a joint letter to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and De...
Country, Districts
Farmers are happy as they are getting satisfactory yield and market price of jute everywhere in the region during the current season.Bazler Rahman, 41, a farmer of Roipara village under Durgapur upazila, has sold his jute at Taka 2,550 per mound, saying the return has mitigated all his sufferings an...
Business & Commerce
Professor Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury has been appointed as the new chairman of Grameen Bank.To this end, the Financial Institutions Division under the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday issued a notification.Prof Chowdhury's tenure will be three years from the date of his joining. The ...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) - on Tuesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 17.19 points or 0.30 percent to 5,786.52. The DSE 30 Index, comp...
City
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Tuesday sought support of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the development in the country’s energy sector.The adviser sought the cooperation as a UNDP delegation led by its Resident Representative in Bangl...
Eighteen former ministers and eight former members of parliament (MPs) were banned from travelling abroad until further notice by a court here, as per two separate applications made by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday.ACC deputy directors-- Md Jahangir Alam and Md Mostafizur Rahman&mda...
The United States would support the interim government of Bangladesh and strengthen ties with Dhaka in a range of issues, US charge d' affaires in Dhaka Helen LaFave said on Monday.The US diplomat made the assurance when she paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the S...
The Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) has asked different ministries, departments and other bodies to restrict the car use of government officials, who are enjoying the facility violating rules and their jurisdiction.In a notification issued today, the CAO said it has been noticed that many officials...
A youth was arrested from the Bus stand area in the district town this morning for his alleged involvement in the attack carried out on the doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The arrested was identified as Sanjay Pal Joy, 25, son of Ranjit Das, a resident of Masterpara of th...
National,Front Page
Home Adviser to the interim government Lieutenant General (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said the government will start re-investigation and fair trial into the BDR carnage soon as a mutiny in the then BDR left 74 people, including 57 army officers, murdered in the Pilkhana headquarters ...
A youth was killed in a road accident on the Narail-Lohagora-Dhaka highway in Duttopara bus stand area of Sadar Upazila on Monday.The deceased was Tajin Hossain, 25, son of Abdur Razzak, a resident of Durgapur area under Narail Municipality.The accident took place in the area around 7.30 am when a t...
The flood situations in five upazilas of the district are improving as flood water started to recede from the affected areas and the distribution of relief materials continues to the flood-affected people.At least there are still six lakh people in the district who are stranded by the flood water. A...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday received credentials of new Maldivian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Shiuneen Rasheed at a ceremony at the Bangabhaban in the capital.Welcoming the new High Commissioner of Maldives in Bangladesh, the President said Bangladesh’s bilateral ties with Mal...
Adviser to the Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD), and Cooperatives and Land Affairs Ministries A F Hasan Arif on Monday said that the government is working for the overall welfare of the people as per the student-people’s expectations."We have to work as a servant of the people, ...
Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Monday said the government would show no compromise with standard in the development works by creating scopes for all the stakeholders through open competition. “No compromise will be shown in quality of works,” he sa...
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said investigative journalism is very much needed to bring out the irregularities and inconsistencies of the country's sports field.He was speaking in a view exchange meeting with sports journalists regarding the overall development in the spor...
Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that the export data would be reconciled soon while a projection would also be made after setting the target for export earnings.“We’ve discussed a wide range of issues includin...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- on Monday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 25.66 points or 0.44 percent to 5,803.71. Two other indices also ...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a special facility for flood-affected farmers and Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) entrepreneurs to repay the loan installmentsAugust installments of short-term agriculture and CMSME sector term loans in these areas can be repaid over three mont...
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Bangladesh has been awarded as the International Retail Bank of the Year for the fourth consecutive year, as well as the Best Marketing and Brand Initiative of the year for the second time in a row. The awards ceremony, held recently at M...
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