Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Tuesday in Dhaka asked the ministries to punish public servants involved with misdeeds and corruption in development work, sources said.Following the accusation of misappropriation of fund against an engineer of a project under...
Read moreThe nation is set to observe the 15th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21 in 2004 today (Wednesday), reports BSS.The nation's long wait seeking justice of the attack that killed 24 people and wounded nearly 500 finally...
Read moreBangladesh, in principle, believes that Kashmir issue is India's internal affair, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Tuesday."They have not asked us anything about Kashmir and they have not raised the issue. Nevertheless, we in principle believe that this is their own affair," the minister told a group...
Read moreThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for publication of the gazette notification to implement the recommendations of the ninth wage board for journalists. The apex court stayed for eight weeks the High Court order that issued status quo on publication of the gazette notification.A...
Read moreCountry's earnings from shipment of merchandise products grew by 8.55 per cent in the first month of the current fiscal year over the corresponding month of last fiscal.Bangladesh earned nearly US$3.89 billion in July last compared to $3.58 billion in July, 2018, according to, the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data...
Read moreScheduled banks will have to inform with estimated cost to the central bank before 10 working days if they want to arrange board of directors' meeting outside of the capital.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this connection on Tuesday and asked the chairmen and the chief executives of...
Read moreThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated the process of probing graft allegations against the chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).It has already appointed an official to investigate the alleged involvement of Prof M Khairul Hossain in the approval of IPO (initial public offering) proposals of low-profile companies.According...
Read moreThe US has tested a medium-range cruise missile weeks after pulling out of a key treaty with Russia that banned such nuclear-capable weapons, reports BBC.The Pentagon said it successfully launched the missile off the coast of California on Sunday.Moscow accused the US of "escalating military tensions".The US withdrew from the...
Read moreA woman driving a goods-laden rickshaw-van, traditionally deemed as a job of male workers, on the busy road in the capital's Purana Paltan area on Tuesday — FE Photo
Read moreKABUL, Aug 20 (AP): The Taliban fighters arrived with hammers and hatred. What they left behind is laid out on tables at the National Museum of Afghanistan, 18 years later: shattered pieces of ancient Buddha figurines, smashed because they were judged to be against Islam.Museum workers in Kabul have been...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Aug 20 (UNB) : A Bangladeshi man has been killed in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia. The deceased was identified as Syed Md Nazrul Islam, 40, son of late Nurul Alam of Saroatali in Boalkhali upazila. Nazrul was going to his workplace by a motorcycle when...
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