Seeking Rohingya Solution: PM to place four proposals at UN

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to place four proposals at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) seeking a peaceful and sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis as it is badly affecting Bangladesh.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Dice rolling in thru’ legal cracks

Taking advantage of loopholes in laws and policies, importers brought in at least five consignments of gambling equipment. Even though a 152-year-old law prohibits gambling and the constitution assigns the state to “adopt effective measures to prevent
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Reforms to fall flat if defaulters spared

Any reforms in the banking sector will not be effective if those are made sparing loan defaulters, says Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM

BAD LOANS TWICE AS LARGE

The actual size of bad loans is more than double the officially recognised figure, according to a recent report of the International Monetary Fund -- a damning evidence of the fragile state of Bangladesh’s banking sector.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, Afghanistan share trophy

It was a damp end to the T20I tri-series as Bangladesh and Afghanistan were declared joint champions after the final was washed out at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Attacks on Cops: Claims tweeted from Bangladesh

The tweets, which claimed the Islamic State carried out attacks on police in the capital in the last five months, were actually made from Bangladesh, the top counter-terror official said yesterday.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Ex-PWD engrs under scanner

The National Board of Revenue yesterday asked banks to provide account details of two former Public Works Division top engineers and their wives, said officials.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Stunning blow for Johnson

Britain’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament in the run-up to Brexit, in a momentous defeat that sparked calls for him to resign.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Govt slaps travel ban on Samrat

The government yesterday imposed a travel ban on President of Jubo League’s Dhaka South unit Ismail Hossain Samrat, meaning he can no longer leave the country.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

PM receives ‘Vaccine Hero’ award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the prestigious Vaccine Hero award in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in vaccination to immunise children.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Cost of Supporting Rohingyas: Dhaka now saddled with $1.2b a year

Bangladesh’s economy is burdened with an estimated $1.21 billion a year for supporting the Rohingyas and the cost may go up with their population growth, inflation, and decline in foreign funding, experts said yesterday.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Vaults of vile riches

Amid the clampdown on gambling, Rab members got a tip that five vaults were sold from English Road area recently and the buyer is a top casino businessman. The tip led the elite force to three houses at Banianagar and Narinda in Old Dhaka.
24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Neo-JMB cell’ behind IED attacks on cops

Members of a “Neo-JMB” cell planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at two spots and attacked policemen at three others in the capital in the last six months, counterterrorism officials said.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

UGC asked to form probe body

The education ministry yesterday sent a letter to the University Grants Commission (UGC), asking to form a committee to investigate the situation at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Dev Project at Gopalganj Univ: The puzzle of Tk 10 crore

If you go by the documents of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj, over 68 percent work to build a concrete Shaheed Minar on the campus has been completed.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Nepali staffers sneaked in as RMG traders

Some of the Nepali citizens who had been working at a casino in Mohammedan Sporting Club came to Bangladesh in the guise of readymade garments traders, documents recovered from the club showed.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers look to break Mirpur jinx

The ongoing T20I tri-series will come to an end after hosts Bangladesh take on Afghanistan in their third meeting of the tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Wealth of Shamim, Family Members: BB asks banks to freeze accounts

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered all banks to freeze accounts of SM Golam Kibria Shamim, his wife and mother, and of now-expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Health Coverage: Countries need to join hands to achieve it

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said collaboration among countries at regional and global levels is fundamental to accelerate progress in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Casinos On Club Premises: Everybody knew, nobody opposed

Cash-strapped clubs allowed “casinos” on their premises due to “political pressure” and the lure of money, according to officials of two clubs that were raided by police on Sunday.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM