He wanted to be 'Boss'

In 2015, AKM Rana was doing rather well as a landlord. The then 35 years old did not have to do much yet money was flowing in from the two buildings and several shops he leased out.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Sonali in a fix

The Sonali Bank has floated tenders 60 times between 2013 and 2017 to sell the mortgaged assets of Hall-Mark Group but got no buyers, and the lender is now worried about recovering nearly Tk 3,000 crore from the scamster.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Hasina 26th most powerful woman

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 26th in this year's Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
5 December 2018, 20:57 PM

Man held after mysterious death of son

A man in the capital's Bangla Motor held one of his sons hostage for six hours while keeping the body of his other son -- who he was suspected of killing -- next to him.
5 December 2018, 18:00 PM

3 teachers suspended amid outrage

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College yesterday suspended its under-fire acting principal Nazneen Ferdous, morning shift in-charge Zinat Akhtar, and class teacher Hasna Hena over the suicide of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary.
5 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Dream shattered

Just five months ago, 28-year-old eye doctor Akhter Jahan Rumpa married dental surgeon Kaji Mohsin Faruq. Their wedding reception was scheduled for next month after which she was supposed to formally move into her in-law's house.
4 December 2018, 18:00 PM

ENRAGED

Students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College demonstrated in front of the institute's Bailey Road branch throughout yesterday over the suicide of one of their peers.
4 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Anisul, wife see their wealth double in 5yrs

The combined wealth of environment, forest and climate change Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud and his wife has more than doubled since the last election, driven mainly by bank deposits.
4 December 2018, 18:00 PM

School's Disciplining Students: Couldn't care less

The tragic death of a ninth-grade student of the city's Viqarunnisa Noon School & College on Monday appalled and enraged all and sundry.
4 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Separate Ijtema can bring peace

After Saturday's factional clash of Tabligh Jamaat at the Ijtema ground, one group yesterday suggested that separate Biswa Ijtema could be arranged for the feuding factions.
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Illegal Arms Trade: Lot of chatter ahead of polls

Law enforcers on surveillance have been picking up a lot of chatter on illegal arms trade ahead of the national election.
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM

What Hasina, Khaleda have

The annual income of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has gone up slightly in the last 10 years. The cash in hand of both leaders decreased.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Of couples and their wealth

Wives of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Workers Party of Bangladesh Chief Rashed Khan Menon seem to be wealthier than their husbands.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Oikyafront draft manifesto: Reforms ring loud

Jatiya Oikyafront would be making pledges for sweeping reforms, its draft manifesto indicated.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Farewell to a true soldier

In the guise of a mentally challenged woman, she would observe the positions of the Pakistani army in different areas of then Kurigram's Rowmari Police Station during the 1971 Liberation War. She would pass the information based on her observations to the freedom fighters for whom she worked as a cook in a camp.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Tabligh factions clash

An elderly man was killed and more than 200 others were injured as a fierce fight between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat virtually turned the Tongi Ijtema Maidan into a battlefield yesterday.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

The shutter comes to a stop

Anwar Hossain believed that the love for a subject comes from within. Even though he was an Architecture graduate from BUET, it was his love for the visages of the common Bangladeshi that drove him to begin his career in photography.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

G20 'agrees to reform WTO'

Global leaders were expected to back an overhaul of the world body that regulates international trade disputes at a summit yesterday, delegates said, ahead of high-stakes talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Nomination Scrutiny: All eyes on Khaleda's bid

All eyes will be on returning officers today to know if Khaleda Zia would be allowed to run in the December 30 polls.
1 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Cancer treatment facilities scanty

Motaleb Hossain turned up at the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) in the capital in October last year after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
30 November 2018, 18:00 PM