Afghan poll crisis / Defiant Abdullah claims victory
Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah has claimed victory in last month’s poll, despite results giving a lead to his rival, Ashraf Ghani.Addressing supporters in Kabul,...
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Powerful typhoon lashes Japan’s Okinawa: 1 dead
Reuters, Tokyo :One man died, more than 500,000 people were urged to evacuate and hundreds of flights were canceled in Japan as a strong typhoon...
Maritime dispute with India: BD finally gains 19,467sqkm
Bangladesh has finally gained some 19,467 square kilometers of maritime areas at the Bay of Bengal out of the disputed 25,602 square kilometers with neighbouring...
Nine dead, 53 wounded in bloody holiday weekend in Chicago
The Fourth of July holiday weekend brought an explosion of gunfire to Chicago, with more than 50 people shot and nine killed, authorities said on...
Errant Directors must face music
Senior bankers and financial analysts on Monday urged the government for taking punitive measures against the errant board members of the Basic Bank in a...
Two jailed, fined / Fake items of cosmetics
A mobile court accompanied by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Monday conducted a raid and seized...
4 new Directors appointed
The government on Monday appointed four new directors for the scam-hit Basic Bank as part of its ongoing efforts to recasting the board of directors...
TUs in EPZ allowed
The government has approved in principle the draft of the ‘Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Labour Act 2014,’incorporating the provision of right to form trade unions...
JCD terms Inu politically mad
Staff Reporter :The leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, on Monday castigated at Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, calling him politically...
Quorum crisis costs JS Tk 8 crore
Only 1.8 percent of the total working hours of the first session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad was spent for making laws, a research report...