From fear to trust

During Sheikh Hasina's sixteen-year reign of despotism, nearly every institution in Bangladesh suffered severe degradation.Bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen, law enforcement agencies, bankers, and even the media-all succumbed to systemic corruption and decay, albeit, some more readily than others. Yet none disgraced...

Nazrul Islam new DMD of Janata Bank

Md Nazrul Islam has recently joined Janata Bank PLC as a Deputy Managing Director (DMD). Prior to this new role, he was a general manager at Sonali Bank PLC, says a statement.Mr Islam started off his career at the Sonali...

Probe report on BB reserve heist case on May 18

A Dhaka court on Thursday set May 18 as the new deadline for submitting the probe report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case of 2016, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Wahiduzzaman set the date as the investigation agency...

Dhaka urges Delhi to take steps to fully protect minority Muslims

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the interim government strongly protested India's attempts to involve Bangladesh in communal violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and urged the neighboring country to take steps to 'fully protect' the minority Muslim...

Saifuzzaman, wife sued

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife and former United Commercial Bank (UCB) chairperson Rukhmila Zaman, and 21 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 200m using a fake company, reports bdnews24.com.ACC Director...

BNP agrees 25, partially another 25 amendments

Constitutional reform move in the interim period progresses Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has already agreed on 25 and partiallyanother 25 changes says it is "serious" about reforms being proposed. Party Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed claimed Thursday the former ruling...

Court freezes 1,360 bank accounts of S Alam affiliates

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to freeze a total of 1,360 bank accounts owned by different persons and entities connected to S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam.These accounts are holding a total of Tk 26.19 billion. Judge of...

Govt to import more from US to minimise trade gap

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said that the government would continue to put emphasis on minimizing the existing trade gap between the USA and Bangladesh in the wake of the US reciprocal tariff issue."We'll try to minimize the trade gap...

Korea now offers Tk 449.23m maintenance grant

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is struggling with 30 substandard class 3000 locomotives imported from Korea, with nearly half of them often out of service due to technical issues and a shortage of spare parts.To address the ongoing faulty locomotive maintenance crisis,...

Jul-Mar ADP execution rate hits 12-year low

The development expenditure recorded a 12-year low in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25), thanks to strict monitoring and dropping many big projects and cutting segments of some ongoing ones. The government ministries and agencies...

Economists urge FTA talks with US to safeguard $8.0b exports

Bangladesh needs to pursue a strong, evidence-based negotiation and proactively initiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US in response to President Donald Trump's declaration of higher tariffs, to safeguard its $8 billion export market in the country.Additionally, comprehensive...

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BB may launch intra-day liquidity facility in Jul

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to introduce intra-day liquidity facility (ILF) in July, giving commercial banks a much-needed respite amid the gradual squeezing of the repo facility, officials said.Commercial lenders have been demanding such a facility in recent times...

IMF staff-level agreement with BD hangs over major dos

Striking a staff-level agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Bangladesh hangs over major sticking-points like exchange-rate flexibility and higher revenue-generation target, and the fund-release negotiations extend to the Fund's headquarters.A visiting team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...

CA calls for stronger ties with Pakistan

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday put emphasis on strengthening ties with Pakistan to boost mutual cooperation and explore trade and business potential.He made the call when Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch called on him at the State Guest...

US delegation discusses reform, trade, Rohingya with CA

A visiting US delegation called on the chief adviser (CA) on Thursday and expressed support for the reform agenda of the interim government. They discussed regional issues of peace, security, and development, said a spokesman for the CA Office. Deputy...

Committee soon to accelerate financial crimes trial

A panel will accelerate trials of financial offenders under provisions of a decree styled Bank Resolution Ordinance the interim cabinet approved Thursday "to protect depositors' interests through better governance".The interim government in its meeting of the council of advisers also...

Weather (2025-04-18)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over...

Arav Khan jailed for life term in murder case

A Dhaka court has sentenced eight people, including Mohammad Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan, a Dubai-based gold dealer, to life imprisonment in SB inspector Mamun Imran murder case, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Zakir Hossain Galib pronounced the judgments on...

JUST teacher suspended over rape charge

JASHORE, Apr 17 (UNB): A teacher of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) has been suspended on charge of raping a woman in Chattogram last year.The accused, Dr Sujan Chowdhury, is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemical...

Model Meghna shown arrested in fraud case

A Dhaka court has showed arrested model Meghna Alam in a case filed with the capital's Dhanmandi Police Station over fraud with a foreign diplomat by luring him into a romantic trap, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Miah passed the...

Snail-pace work on installation of a water supply pipeline

Snail-pace work on installation of a water supply pipeline, by Dhaka Wasa, in the arterial road of Old Dhaka's Alu Bazar has become a nagging pain for the travellers to the ever-busy business hub. The picture was snapped on Thursday....

DNCC removes 400 illegal structures from roads, footpaths

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Wednesday removed about 400 illegal structures occupying footpaths and roads conducting two separate drives in the city's Agargaon and Uttara areas in a bid to reclaim public spaces.DNCC Zone 1 Zonal Executive Officer...

Police return 251 lost mobile phone sets to real owners

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) handed over on Thursday 251 lost and snatched mobile phone sets to their rightful owners.Deputy Police Commissioner of Tejgaon zone of DMP Ibne Mizan handed over the mobile phone sets to the owners at Shyamoli in...

BR picks Indo-Bangla JV

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally chosen a joint-venture company between India and Bangladesh for the Dhaka-Narayanganj railway track development work, nearly two years after construction came to a halt following the exit of the Chinese contractor.The cost of the project,...

Ex-Dhaka south AL gen secy Murad held

Detectives have arrested Md Shaher Alam Murad, former general secretary of Dhaka south unit of Awami League (AL), from the capital's Uttara, reports UNB.Md Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP, said Murad, also an executive member of Dhaka...

RU approves RUCSU constitution, forms election commission

RAJSHAHI, Apr 17 (BSS): Rajshahi University (RU) administration has approved the amended constitution of its Rajshahi University Central Students Union (RUCSU) and formed a seven-member election commission to oversee the long-awaited student body elections.The RU administration finalised the decision in...

Court orders freeze on bank accounts of ex-MPs Shubid, Bahauddin, Anwarul

A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze a total of 59 bank accounts of former Cumilla-6 lawmaker AKM Bahauddin and former Narsingdi-2 lawmaker Anwarul Ashraf Khan over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed...

NCP seeks 90-day deadline extension

The National Citizens' Party (NCP), a newly-formed political party has asked the Election Commission (EC) to extend the deadline for applying for party registration by at least 90 more days, reports UNB.The newly-formed party made this request in a written...

Interim govt working with hidden agenda

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed concern that the interim government might be working with a 'hidden agenda', reports UNB."Is this government working with any agenda and planned design? This is now a big question...