BD severely underutilises potential in Asian trade: Study
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh is severely underutilizing its potential for Asian regional trade, as less than 5 percent of its total exports are directed towards...
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Court confiscates Ex-IGP Benazir’s 119 more properties
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate assets which former IGP Benazir Ahmed and his family members bought through...
MP Azim Murder: Main plotter of MP Azim may have escaped to US: DB
Staff Reporter : A three-member team from the Dhaka Detective Branch (DB), led by its Additional Commissioner Harun-Or-Rashid, has arrived in India to investigate the...
Remal storms coastal belt
Staff Reporter : Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal has lashed the West Bengal-Khepupara coast near the southwest of Mongla, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The...
Army to take action against Aziz Says FinMin
Staff Reporter : Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali announced on Sunday that the Bangladeshi Army would pursue action against former army chief General Aziz...
GB submits graft allegations to ACC against Yunus
Court Correspondent : Grameen Bank has submitted an allegation to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against founder of the bank Dr Muhammad Yunus for his alleged...
Digging for gold in Ranishankail
Staff Reporter : Thousands of people have been digging the ground for gold in Ranishankail Upazila of Thakurgaon. Men and women of various ages are...
Detectives to visit India for probe: Killed after 2 failed attempts: DB
Staff Reporter : Anwarul Azim Anar, Member of Parliament for Jhenaidah-4, has been killed after two previous failed attempts, according to Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, Additional Commissioner...
Israel strikes Rafah flouting ICJ orders
AFP : Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN’s top court for it to “immediately halt” its...
8 countries call to end conflict in Myanmar
Staff Reporter : In a joint statement released on Friday, eight countries, including the United States and the European Union, expressed deep concern over the...
Cyclone may make landfall this evening
Staff Reporter : The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has issued a directive for six coastal districts to brace for potential cyclone impacts. The...
45,000 flee in fear of beheading, burning
Al Jazeera : Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of...