Syrians vote in parliamentary poll
Syrians in government-held areas were voting Monday in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad鈥檚...
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Nepal PM Oli sworn in
Nepal鈥檚 Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was sworn in as prime minister on Monday after his communist party forged a coalition government with the centre-left...
Nepal's KP Sharma Oli appointed new prime minister
Nepal's president appointed Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as prime minister for a fourth time on Sunday, after his communist party forged a coalition government with the centre-left Nepali Congress.
Missing patient鈥檚 body found in hospital bathroom after 2 days
The body of a patient, who had been missing for two days, was found in the bathroom of the medicine ward of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital on Saturday....
ACC to sue Sadeeq Agro, livestock officials
The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to file a case against eight people, including Sadeeq Agro owner Imran Hossain and officials of the livestock department, on charges of...
Quota protestors crossing the line, says home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said that students continuing quota protest are crossing the line....
CIA, Mossad chiefs to travel to Doha for Gaza talks
US and Israeli intelligence chiefs are scheduled to travel to Doha on Wednesday for discussions on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP....
Sadharan Bima Corp鈥檚 authorised, paid-up capitals raised
The government has raised Sadharan Bima Corporation鈥檚 authorised capital from Tk 1,000 crore to Tk 1,500 crore and its paid-up capital from Tk 500 crore to...
Breakthrough likely in China support for Bangladesh鈥檚 forex reserve: envoy
The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, on Thursday said that prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 forthcoming visit to China was expected to make a...
Satya Prasad reappointed as VC of BUET
Professor Satya Prasad Majumder has been reappointed as vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology for the second terms...
ACC seizes six Brahman cows at Sadeeq Agro
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday again conducted a drive at Sadeeq Agro, a cattle-based farm in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur, and seized six import banned cows of the Brahman breed...
MPs censure govt for banking, financial sector corruption
Three lawmakers on Tuesday in Jatiya Sangsad blasted the government for the sorry state of the banking and financial sector...
Trade and Tariff Commission Bill passed in JS amid criticism
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed in Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday with a view to further amending Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission Act 1992...
Sadeeq Agro imports banned medicines, cattle, finds ACC
In a drive on Monday, the Anti-Corruption Commission discovered that Sadeeq Agro had imported banned Brahman cattle and medicine.
MPs censure edn sector corruption
The Jatiya Party and independent lawmakers said on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad that the country鈥檚 education sector was beset with widespread irregularities, corruption, and...
Commission for Bangladesh鈥檚 religious minorities demanded in JS
Independent lawmaker elected from Barishal-4, Pankaj Nath, on Sunday demanded the formation of a commission to protect the rights of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians....
Lawmakers blast Bangladesh鈥檚 education sector corruption in JS
The Jatiya Party and independent lawmakers said on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad that Bangladesh鈥檚 education sector was beset with widespread irregularities, corruption, and discrimination....
Unfit vehicles, factory smoke, brick kilns main causes of air pollution in Bangladesh: minister
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Tajul Islam told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that one of the main causes of air pollution was unfit vehicles, black smoke emitted from factories and brick kilns, besides dust pollution caused by urbanisation...
JS passes budget for FY 2024-25
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday passed the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY25 setting a goal for achieving 6.75 per cent gross domestic product growth and...
New budget to take Bangladesh one step forward: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the proposed national budget for the FY 2024-25 was not an ambitious one, vowing to take Bangladesh one step forward through the implementation of the new budget....
Solving economic problems by spreading corruption in economy unrealistic, says GM Quader
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammad Quader on Sunday told Jatiya Sangsad that it was unrealistic to think of solving economic problems by spreading corruption and irregularities in the economy...
Decision on ACC inquiry against ex-DMP chief likely next week
The Anti-Corruption Commission is likely to decide on launching an inquiry against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman for the...
Campaign against corrupt people part of conspiracy: AL MP
Ruling Awami League lawmaker and former minister Kamrul Islam told Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday that there was sudden propaganda against some corrupt officials as part of a national and international conspiracy...
DNCC demolishes parts of Sadeeq Agro Farm
The Dhaka North City Corporation on Thursday demolished parts of the Sadeeq Agro Farm structure allegedly built on the site of the Ramchandrapur canal in the...
Corruption tarnishes govt image: AL MP
The ruling Awami League's joint general secretary and lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif told Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday that corruption had tarnished the image of the government despite its achievements...
Indians take away $50m
Indian citizens living in Bangladesh remitted $ 50.60 million to their country in the first ten months of the 2023-24 financial year, finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali told the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday...
BUET employees confine VC for scraping promotion guidelines聽
A section of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology staff members on Monday confined the university鈥檚 outgoing vice-chancellor professor Satya Prasad Majumder in his office protesting scraping of BUET guidelines on promotion...
BB working to make list of top loan defaulters: Fin Min
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Monday told the Jatiya Sangsad that Bangladesh Bank is in the process of preparing the list of top loan defaulter persons and organisations...
AL MP for regional security council
Ruling Awami League lawmaker and whip Shaimum Sarwar Kamal told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that had there not been a cantonment, the Cox鈥檚 Bazar area would have been occupied by the Arakan Army...
Salim joins Eastland Insurance as CEO
Mohammed Salim has joined Eastland Insurance as chief executive officer, said a press release...