None would be allowed anymore to produce black money and so legalising undisclosed money through budgetary provision wouldn't be needed, says the Finance Adviser about the accumulated past problem in financial sector. "Our stand is no scope will be given to generate black money," Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, the Finance and...
Read moreMetro rail services resumed on Sunday after remaining suspended for 37 days due to damages of a couple of stations at Mirpur during the student-led anti-discrimination movement.The first train started at 7:10 am from Uttara north station and reached Motijheel without stopping at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations which were badly...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) has ordered commercial banks not to allow cash withdrawals of more than Tk 400 thousand (4 lakh) per account daily.Earlier, the limit was Tk 300 thousand (3 lakh).The central bank has hiked the limit once in each of the previous three weeks, which it imposed after...
Read moreBangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz (L) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Agha Salman (not pictured) during the fifth and final day of the first Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday. — AFP
Read moreA murder case has been filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 12 others over the death of BDR carnage case accused Abdur Rahim in jail. Abdur Rahim, then deputy assistant director (DAD) of former BDR, which was later renamed as BGB, was an accused in the case lodged...
Read moreState-owned Sonali Bank managed to recover a mere 4.5 per cent of classified loans from top 20 defaulters as of May, 2024. According to data from the bank's Loan Recovery Division, 17 out of the top 20 defaulters did not pay a single penny between January and May, 2024. Hallmark...
Read moreA legal notice has been served for publication of a list of the persons whose sentences have been remitted, suspended or commuted by the President during the period from January 1991 to July 2024.Copies of the notice were sent to Home Secretary, Law Secretary, Cabinet Secretary and the Secretary of...
Read moreA writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of two acts enacted to give special security to the family members of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The two laws are--- "Father of the Nation Family Members' Security Act 2009" and the "Special Security Force Act 2021"....
Read moreThe Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks in the country to freeze the accounts of Exim Bank Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his wife Nasrin Islam for the next 30 days.The BFIU, an anti-money laundering agency under the Bangladesh Bank, issued the directive on Sunday through an...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM Aug 25: Authorities on Sunday morning opened all 16 spillway gates of the Kaptai Hydropower Plant as water levels in the lake had risen above the danger level due to heavy rains and downpours from the hills.Sources reported that the dam's 16 spillways were opened by 6 inches around...
Read moreEducation and Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said forcing people now working in different positions in educational intuitions might create instability and action would be taken if there is any reasonable complaints against them, reports UNB. He said these at a meeting with the officials of the ministry.The adviser...
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