Plot scam Hasina, Rehana, Tulip’s verdict today
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court is set to hand down its verdict on Monday in a corruption case against 17 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece...
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Health assist, medics strike, patients in peril
Staff Reporter : Medical technologists and pharmacists across the country staged a two-hour work stoppage on Sunday, demanding that their salaries be upgraded to the 10th grade of the national pay scale. They cautioned...
Tarique to fly home within weeks
Abu Jakir : Tarique Rahman’s long-anticipated return to Bangladesh appears closer than ever, with senior BNP leaders saying the party chief intends to fly home “within weeks” as the Election Commission moves to announce...
5 Shariah banks now United Islami Bank
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank has given its final approval to merge five financially distressed Shariah-based banks into a single entity named United Islami Bank, removing the last regulatory barriers for the new...
Khaleda’s health condition unchanged
Staff Reporter : The physical condition of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has seen no significant change, said the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday. “According to the latest information...
Hasina gives green signal, Taposh coordinates in BDR massacre
Staff Reporter : The National Independent Investigation Commission has directly accused the Awami League leadership of orchestrating and enabling the 2009 BDR mutiny that left dozens of army officers dead, naming former MP Sheikh...
Roof climbers cause metro rail service halt
Staff Reporter : Metro rail services in Dhaka were halted two hours before the scheduled closing time on Sunday night after two individuals climbed onto the roof of a train near Bangladesh Secretariat. The...
Black money in elections fuels post-election corruption: Nahid
NN ONLINE: National Citizen Party (NCP) convener Md Nahid Islam today said that unless the circulation of black money in elections is checked, efforts to curb corruption after the polls are unlikely to...
Sunamganj-2 Constituency: BNP-Jamaat to fight for votes
S A Shofiee, Sylhet : Sunamganj-2 (Dirai-Shalla) constituency is known as a battleground between two heavyweight candidates of Suranjit Nasir. One is Awami League presidium member and former railway minister Suranjit Sengupta, and the...
Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Chuadanga
News Desk : A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) inside Indian territory along the Goyespur border in Chuadanga’s Jibonananda upazila on Saturday, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh...
Preparedness can widely reduce quake casualties, damages: Experts
News Desk : Preparedness, public awareness and the use of modern technology can significantly reduce casualties and destruction even during a major earthquake, said experts. At a seminar in the capital on Saturday they...