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Biman starts Dreamliner fleet safety inspections

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary technical inspections across its Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity, following the recent crash of an Air India flight. The London-bound Air India aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed soon after taking off from the western Indian city of...

Wahiduddin stresses FTAs for successful LDC graduation

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud has highlighted the need for free-trade agreements (FTAs) among the member- countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).Addressing a programme marking BIMSTEC's 28th founding anniversary in the capital on Monday evening, he pointed out that Bangladesh needs FTAs...

Notice published asking Hasina, Kamal to appear before ICT

A notice has been published in two newspapers asking former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to appear before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on June 24 of this year.If they fail to do so, the ICT-1 will proceed with the case in their absence,...

High govt demand for funds pushes yields on BGTBs up

The yields on two types of Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTBs) increased significantly on Tuesday as banks expressed unwillingness to invest their excess liquidity in the risk-free securities.The cut-off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the Five-Year BGTBs rose to 12.40 per cent on the day from 11.99 per...

MoFA can't evade responsibility: FS

Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique has said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) cannot evade responsibility for the failure to arrange a bilateral meeting between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus during the latter's official visit to London last week.Briefing reporters at the...

51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, June 17 (AP): At least 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza's Health Ministry and a local hospital.Palestinian witnesses told The Associated...

Jamaat boycotts consensus meeting

Disgruntled over the joint statement by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, Jamaat-e-Islami has boycotted a meeting with the National Consensus Commission, report agencies.Senior Jamaat leader Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher told local media the party would not take part in Tuesday's second round of talks with...

'Movement will continue until its withdrawal'

The movement at the Secretariat will continue until the government service ordinance is completely withdrawn, said Md Badiul Kabir, president of the Secretariat Officers and Employees Unity Forum on Tuesday, reports UNB."Today, we will submit memorandums to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare," Badiul Kabir...

CA thanks Australia for resuming visa processing in Dhaka

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka when newly-appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Tuesday, reports BSS. “Visa applications can be submitted online” the High Commissioner said, adding...