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Banks face liquidity pressure before polls

The country's money market is now facing liquidity pressure following higher withdrawal of cash from the banks ahead of the national polls, bankers said.Some cash-hungry banks have also availed liquidity facilities from the central bank in the form of repo and special repo to meet their growing demand for money,...

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Oikya Front walks out of EC meeting, wants CEC to quit

Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF) demanded on Tuesday resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda for the sake of holding a free, fair and participatory election.Instead, the new political alliance requested the President to urgently appoint a new CEC who would not be biased towards any quarter.The JOF's demand...

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Dr Kamal guardian of Pak ideology believers: AL

Awami League joint general secretary Abdur Rahman said Dr Kamal is working as the guardian of those who still believe in Pakistani ideology, reports UNB.The AL leader came up with the remark while briefing journalists at the political office of AL President Sheikh Hasina in the city's Dhanmondi area.Abdur Rahman...

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Falling int’l prices help BPC reach break-even stage

The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has now reached the break-even point as far as marketing of oil products is concerned owing to a sharp fall in oil prices in the international market.It is a big sigh of relief for the BPC as it was incurring a loss of around...

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Kabul govt compound attack kills 43

KABUL, Dec 25 (AFP): An hours-long gun and bomb attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, officials said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year.No militant group has claimed responsibility for the raid, which caps a bloody year for...

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News Watch- (26-12-2018)

Three burned as fire breaks out in N’ganj cotton warehousesNARAYANGANJ, Dec 25: At least three persons sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out in two cotton warehouses at Dhamgar in Bandar upazila on Tuesday. The injured -Anowar Hossain Anu, 40, Kayum, 35, and Rashed, 30, were admitted to Al...

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Prayer Timings-(26-12-2018)

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