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Hadi being flown to S'pore today for better treatment

Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi will be taken to Singapore in an air ambulance this afternoon (Monday). This was decided in an emergency call conference between Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor on Health Ministry Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman, Evercare Hospital specialist...

Levying fees on state guarantees against risk-laden loans likely

A government move gets underway for revising the fee structure for state guarantees against both foreign and domestic loans to introduce a risk-based pricing mechanism to reduce fiscal exposure and strengthen financial discipline in borrowing institutions.Officials say the move is intended to better reflect credit risk while safeguarding public finances...

Envoy summoned over Hasina remarks, her extradition issue

Bangladesh summons India's high commissioner for the fifth time during the interim government's tenure to convey serious concern over sporadic "provocation" by deposed premier Sheikh Hasina from exile in India.The envoy, Pranay Verma, was called to the foreign ministry on Sunday morning, according to an official statement, amid heightened tensions...

Peacekeepers killed: UN chief calls CA to condole

Guterres on Sunday called Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to express his profound condolences over the tragic death of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers in a drone attack in Sudan, reports UNB."I am calling to express my deep deep condolences. I am devastated," Guterres told Professor Yunus, adding that he was horrified...

Nation pays homage to martyred intellectuals

Bangladesh on Sunday observed the Martyred Intellectuals' Day paying rich tributes to a galaxy of intellectuals systematically killed by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators just before the end of the Liberation War, reports UNB.Marking the day, President Mohammed Shahabuddin paid homage to the nation's intellectuals at the Martyred...