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Lack of able leadership worsens NPL situation

The lack of capable leadership within banks is the main reason behind the increase in the volume of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the country, a top official of the central bank has said.To tackle the situation, the official said, it is necessary to have ethical leadership at the top of...

PM prefers unchanged cabinet ahead of polls

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina preferred not to downsize the cabinet ahead of the election for the sake of completing the ongoing crucial development projects, report agencies.Sheikh Hasina, however, said if the opposition party demands a smaller cabinet then it could be done."I don't know whether it's needed (to shrink the...

US high-up asks govt to ensure civil liberty, press freedom

A visiting senior official of the US State Department urged the Bangladesh government on Monday to ensure civil liberty and freedom of press.Speaking at a press conference, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells also said the US wants to see a...

'No intention' to contest polls or hold govt post

Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain said on Monday he had no intention to contest the upcoming 11th parliamentary election or hold a position when in power.Pointing to his critics, he said the recently-floated political alliance, Jatiya Oikya Front, was formed to realise the demand for a free and fair...

Govt set to okay land acquisition part today

The government is set to approve a prohibitively costly land acquisition project for upgrading Dhaka-Sylhet four-lane highway today (Tuesday), officials said on Monday.The Planning Commission (PC) will place a Tk 38.85 billion project for land acquisition of Dhaka-Sylhet highways at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic...

Relatives taking a pregnant woman

Relatives taking a pregnant woman from Keraniganj to a nearby hospital in the capital by a rickshaw-van. Drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws have enforced a strike in the area from early Monday, demanding their exemption from paying tolls for crossing the Buriganga Bridge-1 — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

News Watch- (23-10-2018)

Detectives detain Barrister MainulA team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday night detained former adviser to caretaker government Mainul Hosein in a defamation case filed in Rangpur. Barrister Mainul Hosein was detained from the city's Uttara area around 10pm on Monday, Joint Commissioner Md Mahbub Alam (DB)...