Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi talking to journalists

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi talking to journalists on Wednesday after visiting the parliament's LD Hall, the venue for party's extended meeting scheduled to be held today (Thursday). — Focus Bangla

Stock market manipulated for political gains in past: Khosru

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the government had used stock market as a tool for political exploitation for the last 15-16 years, reports UNB. The BNP leader made the remarks while speaking at a discussion on 'The Current State of the Bangladesh Capital Market and...

Salman, eight others shown arrested in new cases

A Dhaka court has placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a six-day remand in two murder cases, while former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun was remanded for three days in a murder case, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Sefatullah passed the orders on Wednesday.Besides, ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina's trade...

SC to hear Azharul's review petition on Apr 22

The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed April 22 to hear Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam's appeal against his death sentence for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, report agencies.A five-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed granted Azharul's review petition and scheduled a hearing for...

President accepts Nahid's resignation letter

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has accepted the resignation letter of adviser Nahid Islam who stepped down from his position on Tuesday, reports UNB.A gazette notification, signed by Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan, secretary (coordination and reform) to the routine duty of the Cabinet Secretary, was issued on Wednesday.The resignation will come into...

Hefazat blocks road, demands withdrawal of cases

BRAHMANBARIA, Feb 26 (UNB): Leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam have blocked Cumilla-Sylhet highway, demanding withdrawal of the cases filed against their leaders. The leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam under the banner of Alem-Ulama and Touhidi Janata took to the street around Kautoli intersection around 10:00 am on Wednesday, disrupting vehicular...

Court orders to attach buildings of ex-mayor Sayeed Khokon, sister

A Dhaka court has ordered to attach a 14-storied building in the capital's Gulshan area and two houses in Banani of former member of parliament (MP) from Dhaka-6 constituency and Dhaka South city mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, a plot and a building in Baridhara area of his sister Shahana Hanif,...

Jubodal leader killed in clash in Sherpur

SHERPUR, Feb 26 (UNB): A upazila Jubodal leader was killed and his two associates were injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over establishing supremacy in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased is Jakaria Badal (47), who was joint convenor of the Sadar upazila unit of the Jubodal and...