Bangladesh鈥檚 six state-owned banks without MDs for a month
Bangladesh鈥檚 six major state-owned banks Sonali, Janata, Agrani, Rupali, BASIC and Bangladesh Development Bank have been operating without managing directors for nearly a month.
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Canada, India expel top diplomats amid tensions over Sikh separatist鈥檚 murder
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India Monday of making a 鈥榝undamental error,鈥� as an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil last year saw both countries expel each other's ambassadors.
Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced...
DB arrests ex-minister Abdur Razzaque in Dhaka
The police arrested Awami League presidium member and former agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque at Eskaton in the capital on Monday...
Ministry asks authorities not to harass anyone for involvement in movement
The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered the authorities concerned to refrain from suing, arresting and harassing those involved in the July-August mass upsurge...
Bangladesh protests killing of fisherman by Myanmar navy
Bangladesh on Friday lodged a protest with the Government of Myanmar over the killing of a Bangladeshi fisherman, Usman, 60, an inhabitant of Kona Para neighbourhood of...
Ex-addl secy found dead at resort
The police recovered the body of Salah Uddin Mahmud, a former additional secretary to the Ministry of Industries, from Balishira Resort at Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Thursday...
Farhad worked to establish exploitation-free society: left leaders
Left political leaders on Wednesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka said that former general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh Mohammad Farhad worked for establishing an exploitation-free society...
A cartoonist鈥檚 journey towards red July
鈥楤E READY, there is a chance that they can take you away any day now.鈥� This was the warning my editor, Nurul Kabir, gave me after more than two decades of career as editorial cartoonist at the daily 抖阴精品. It was July 23, and by then, the student鈥檚 movement for reforms in the quota system in public services had already...
ACC sues Asaduzzaman, family for amassing illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 60.55 crore amassed by former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, his wife, and two...
Interim govt for ensuring safe return of Bangladeshi expatriates from Lebanon
The interim government has taken an initiative to ensure the safe return of Bangladeshis from Lebanon, said the foreign affairs ministry.
Kashmir elects first regional govt in a decade
Indian-administered Kashmir elected on Tuesday its first government since the restive Himalayan territory was brought under New Delhi鈥檚 direct control, as voters backed opposition parties...
Shipping ministry launches probe into graft allegations against officials聽聽
The ministry of shipping has launched an investigation against five officers and employees, including chief examiner and chief nautical surveyor (current charge) captain Gias Uddin Ahmed of the...
Pakistan bans ethnic Pashtun rights movement critical of military
Pakistan鈥檚 government has banned an ethnic Pashtun rights movement that has accused the military of a heavy-handed crackdown on civilians in the border regions with Afghanistan.
Khurshed Alam resigns as maritime affairs secy, Khastagir鈥檚 appointment as envoy to Poland cancelled聽
Foreign ministry鈥檚 secretary for maritime affairs unit retired rear admiral Md Khurshed Alam, whose contractual appointment was extended on occasions, has resigned...
Russia calls for West to lift sanctions on Afghanistan
Russia鈥檚 foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called on Friday for the West to lift sanctions on Taliban-led Afghanistan and take 鈥榬esponsibility鈥� for reconstruction efforts in the country.
Malaysian PM pledges new entry of 18,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim after a bilateral meeting in Dhaka on Friday announced that they had agreed to consider issuing 18,000 work visas for those Bangladeshis who...
Ruhul Amin joins BADC as chairman
Md Ruhul Amin Khan joined as chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, an organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday...
Secretary Mokhlesur terms report on bribery in DC appointment 鈥榖aseless鈥�
Bangladesh鈥檚 public administration ministry senior secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman on Thursday dismissed the allegation of bribery related to deputy commissioner appointment as 鈥榖aseless鈥� and labelled a recent article published in a national daily as 鈥榝ake鈥�.
Kashmir votes in final round of regional polls
Indian-administered Kashmir was voting Tuesday in the third and final round of polls to elect its first government since the insurgency-wracked territory was brought under...
Ex-secretary Jahangir Alam placed on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat and home ministry Md Jahangir Alam on five-day remand in connection with a case filed over the killing of a teenager Abdul Motalib during student-led mass uprising on August 4.
DU students protest against cancellation of textbook revision committee
Some students of Dhaka University have protested against the cancellation of the textbook revision committee and labelling Professor Samina Luthfa of sociology department of the university as 鈥榓nti-Islam鈥� on Monday.
HC removes RAB, orders high-level task force聽for probe Sagar-Runi murder
The High Court on Monday removed the Rapid Action Battalion from the investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi and directed the...
Bangladesh to play three ODIs against Afghans in November
Bangladesh will play a three-match, one-day international series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates in early November.
Undemocratic, extortionist political culture should be shunned
THE involvement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party people in undemocratic and often illegal activities, a corrupt practice that they were fiercely critical of during the tenure of the toppled Awami League, is disconcerting. The son of a former BNP general secretary, along with a leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, has claimed the position of the...
Ex-defence minister Ishiba to be Japan鈥檚 PM
Japan鈥檚 next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas to reshape the nation鈥檚 miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party鈥檚 leadership race.
Embassy of Afghan in UK shutters after Taliban cuts ties
Afghanistan鈥檚 embassy in London closed on Friday after Taliban authorities cut ties with diplomatic missions set up by the previous government in Kabul and fired its UK staff.
Bangladesh observes World Tourism Day 2024
Bangladesh observed 鈥榃orld Tourism Day 2024鈥� under the initiative of civil aviation and tourism ministry in alignment with global celebrations on Friday.
Afghanistan wants to join BRICS, says Taliban govt
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on Tuesday ahead of the group鈥檚 summit in Russia...
Security high as Kashmir votes in round two of regional polls
Indian-administered Kashmir voted on Wednesday to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory鈥檚 semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency...