Graft: Comilla Mayor-elect Shakoo gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court grants bail to Comilla City Corporation Mayor-elect Monirul Hoque Shakoo after he surrendered before it in a corruption case in 2008.
9 May 2017, 05:49 AM

Govt amends bank company act to loot money: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises the government for its move to amend Bank Company Act and says it is being done "aiming at looting money from banking sector".
8 May 2017, 14:49 PM

All parties to take part in next JS polls, EU hopes

European Union envoy in Dhaka Pierre Mayaudon expresses hope that all political parties in the country will take part in next general election scheduled for early 2019.
8 May 2017, 13:00 PM

HC verdict on appeals in JP chief Ershad’s graft case tomorrow

High Court will give its verdict tomorrow on three separate appeals filed in connection with a 25-year-old graft case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.
8 May 2017, 12:12 PM

‘Vision 2030’: BNP fails to invite AL

​BNP fails to hand over its invitation card to Awami League general secretary for attending a press conference to be arranged for unveiling the party’s “Vision 2030”.
8 May 2017, 10:01 AM

4 of a family can be bank directors

The cabinet approves a draft law, which allows four members of a family to be directors of a bank. The existing law permits two members of a family for the director posts. The cabinet today approved the draft law at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat in Dhaka with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
8 May 2017, 09:05 AM

Bangladesh cabinet okays daft law to boost local, foreign investment

With a target to encourage local and foreign investment in the country, the government approves a draft of One Stop Service Act, 2017.
8 May 2017, 08:54 AM

Ramadan office timing 9am to 3:30pm

The government fixes office timings for this Ramadan from 9:00am to 3:30pm.There would be a 15-minute prayer break from 1:15pm. The new timing would be effective for all the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions.
8 May 2017, 07:32 AM

Graft case: Court seeks HC order on Khaleda plea

A special court warns BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that if she fails to submit any High Court order on her petition on May 15, it will record her self-defence statement in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
8 May 2017, 06:08 AM

Faruk murder: SC stays bail of Tangail AL MP Rana

The Supreme Court stays for four months the High Court order that granted bail to Tangail’s Awami League (AL) lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed killing case.
8 May 2017, 06:07 AM

Qatar keen to recruit skilled Bangladeshi manpower

Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani has lauded the honest and hardworking Bangladeshi workers now numbering 3,80,000 for their contribution in the development of Qatar.
8 May 2017, 04:20 AM

Internal feud hindering BNP meetings, says AL leader Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the government is not creating any obstruction to BNP's meetings or rallies anywhere rather the BNP men were found involved in the infighting.
7 May 2017, 14:39 PM

Govt wants to box divergence: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges the ruling Awami League wants to cling to state power by boxing dissenting voices and keeping its opponents away.
7 May 2017, 14:06 PM

Arson, vandalism cases against BNP chief Khaleda stayed

High Court stays the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases filed over arson and vandalism in 2015.
7 May 2017, 12:04 PM

SC extends stay on Moudud’s Niko graft trial for a week

The Supreme Court extends for a week its chamber judge’s order that stayed the trial proceedings against former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed in Niko corruption case.
7 May 2017, 06:32 AM

Ershad floats new political alliance

Jatiya Party announces a new political alliance under the party leadership ahead of the next general election, which is due in less than two years.
7 May 2017, 06:08 AM

Khaleda convenes standing committee meeting tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with members of the party’s standing committee tomorrow evening.
7 May 2017, 04:43 AM

AL leaders 'siphoning off money': BNP

BNP Senior Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed blames leaders of the ruling Awami League for “siphoning off money and purchasing lands and apartments” in different countries across the world after names of their wives.
6 May 2017, 13:34 PM

PM enjoys beauty of Cox’s Bazar beach

It is not a photo you see every day! Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seen walking along the sea shore barefoot in Inani of Cox’s Bazar.
6 May 2017, 09:54 AM

Japan, China to hold finance talks amid concerns on protectionism, NKorea

Japan and China are to hold their first bilateral financial dialogue in two years to discuss risks to Asia's economic outlook, such as the protectionist policies advocated by US President Donald Trump and tension over North Korea, officials say.
6 May 2017, 06:33 AM