Reuters : While the first US presidential debate of the 2024 race dwelled little on foreign policy, a shaky performance...
Staff Reporter : The net sales of national savings certificates in Bangladesh have plummeted to a staggering negative Tk14, 648 crore in the first 10 months (July- April)) of the current fiscal year 2023-24, according to data from the Bangladesh Bank. This figure represents a significant decline compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year, where net sales were negative Tk3,579 crore This troubling trend has persisted, as the government has been repaying investors instead of making new...
UNB : At least three people were killed and two others injured in a fire that broke out at Reazuddin Bazar, one of the largest wholesale markets in Chattogram city, early Friday, said Fire Service. The identities of the casualties could not be ascertained immediately. But the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room in Chattogram’s Agrabad claimed that the blaze was brought under control around 5am. Shoppers and the Fire Service sources said the blaze erupted in the early...
Staff Reporter : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) this week sought former National Board of Revenue official Matiur Rahman’s asset statement...
UNB : Britain’s Labour party has been forced to issue a clarification on comments made by its leader Keir Starmer regarding the removal of Bangladeshi migrants from the UK, as reports emerged of outrage among members of the British-Bangladeshi community ahead of next week’s general election. At a town hall with readers of The Sun, a right-wing tabloid, earlier this week, Starmer said: “At the moment people coming from countries like Bangladesh are not being removed because they’re not being...
Special Correspondent : Bangladesh is currently under mounting pressure to meet its foreign debt interest obligations amid a severe economic...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court has appointed additional administrators to oversee the confiscated immovable properties of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and his family members. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director of the Property Management Unit will manage the properties located in Dhaka and Rupganj, while the Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban will oversee the land properties in that district. This order was passed by Judge Mohammed Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court of...
Staff Reporter : Laila Kaniz Lucky, wife of former National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman and Chairman of Raipura Upazila in Narsingdi, has emerged publicly for the first time nearly two weeks after the controversy surrounding the goat scandal. Laila Kaniz, who is Matiur Rahman’s first wife and a former president of the NBR Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal, has recently been under scrutiny due to allegations of her husband’s undisclosed wealth, leading to their withdrawal from...
Staff Reporter : Following years of strained relations, BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami are leaning towards bolstering their strategic ties, intending to spearhead a more assertive anti-government campaign, according to leaders from both parties. However, they stated they would continue to maintain a cautious public distance to preempt potential criticism, counter negative campaigning by the ruling party, and avoid misunderstandings with some alliance partners and the international community who have reservations about Jamaat. For some time, there has been a noticeable...
Al Jazeera : A court in Pakistan has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to suspend a February ruling that their 2018 marriage violated Islamic law. The decision by the court in Islamabad on Thursday means that Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will remain behind bars. The seven-year jail sentence, handed on February 3, was announced five days before the country’s general elections and followed two other convictions for Khan in separate cases....