NN Online Report: The interim government has appointed new Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in 34 districts. The Ministry of Public Administration...
Day: September 10, 2024
Special Report : The deepening financial crisis in Bangladesh, highlighted by a $500m power debt owed to India’s Adani Group,...
Court Correspondent : Six employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have been identified as suspects in the theft of 6,800 euro (equivalent to approximately Tk 9 lakh) from the checked luggage of a passenger travelling to Chennai from Dhaka. The incident occurred on August 2. The passenger reported the missing euros upon reaching Chennai on the BG-363 flight. They then filed a written complaint with BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines. In response, Biman launched an internal investigation, which led to the identification of...
Staff Reporter : At least 640 people have been killed and 19,200 injured during the student-led anti-discrimination movement, which initially demanded reform of the quota system for government jobs but eventually evolved into an anti-government movement. The uprising culminated in the toppling of the autocratic ruler, Sheikh Hasina, on 5th August. The casualty figures, which cover the period from 15th July to 5th August, have been released by the Ministry of Health. The Ministry’s Management Information System (MIS) Wing compiled...
Staff Reporter : Dhaka District’s Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Abdullahil Kafi has been suspended for his alleged involvement in...
UNB : Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy for International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi has said beyond economic diplomacy with the private sector...
Staff Reporter : As Bangladesh’s interim government wraps up its first month in power, a critical question has surfaced: how...
Staff Reporter : In less than a week, another Bangladeshi teenager has been killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Thakurgaon border in the northern district. The incident occurred on Monday, marking the second such fatality within seven days. The deceased, identified as Joyanta Kumar Singh, 14, was the son of Mahadev Kumar Singh from Fakirvita Belpukur village in Thakurgaon. Police sources confirmed that the fatal shooting took place at Kantivita border in Baliadangi Upazila, Thakurgaon district. Officer-in-Charge...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) finally decided to investigate if any wrongdoings occurred in the capital market by Salman F Rahman and S Alam’s family members and institutions. The capital market regulator formed a four-member committee to investigate the issues broadly on Monday. The probe committee asked to submit the reports within 60 days, according to a BSEC notice. Previously, with the recommendation of the ACC, the BSEC has frozen the beneficiary owners’ (BO) accounts...
Staff Reporter : A group of students, under the banner of the Technical Student Movement, blocked the road at the...
Reuters, Tokyo : Japan’s economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in the second quarter, hurt by downward revisions in corporate and household spending that point to a bumpier second half for consumption and the central bank’s rate-hike plans.The Bank of Japan is keen to see consistent improvement in domestic demand as it focuses on exiting its decade-long monetary stimulus programme and raising interest rates further in coming months.The nation’s gross domestic product expanded by an annualised...
AFP : Chinese consumer inflation ticked up slightly in August to a six-month high, official data showed Monday, but the reading missed expectations and did little to soothe worries about sluggish spending in the world’s number two economy.Leaders in Beijing have been seeking to boost domestic activity as property sector woes and trade frictions weigh on confidence.The consumer price index (CPI) — a key measure of inflation — rose 0.6 percent year-on-year in August, up slightly from 0.5 percent in...