Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal tells parliament that the government is determined to bring down the bank loan interest to the single digit.

Rab detains three persons from the city’s Nilkhet area on charges of producing fake academic certificates.

The government has a plan to give allowance to all the disabled people across the country, Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed tells parliament.

Observing that corruption hurts the spirit and dream of the liberation war and damages the country’s development, Law Minister Anisul Huq suggests for taking integrated initiatives including making people more conscious about the right to information (RTI) law and its full implementation for prevention of corruption.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s indictment hearing in 11 cases including a sedition suit is deferred till March 4.

Probe report on the case filed over murder of writer and blogger Avijit Roy back in February 2015 is deferred yet once again.

Education Minister Dipu Moni informs parliament that her ministry has taken measures to bring 2000 “eligible” educational institutions under monthly payment order in phases soon.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.

The telecom regulator launches a crack down on gambling websites and blocks 176 related sites.

US-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State's last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat as US President Donald Trump spoke of "100 percent victory".

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on February 17, 2019

A Bangladesh national dies in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detains a girl in connection with the murder of a Notre Dame College student.

Gas supply to almost one-third area of Chattogram city has come to a halt after a gas pipeline leak yesterday afternoon.

Police recover a border pillar dated back to the British period and arrested five people for their connection in selling it illegally in Nesarabad upzila of Pirojpur.

Some students of Pabna Medical College Hospital block Dhaka-Pabna highway for two hours protesting the death of their fellow in a road crash on February 13.

It is disappointing for the Election Commission that some of the major political parties are not taking part in the upcoming upazila elections, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says.

Darij Krajcic, a member of parliament for the Marjan Sarec List (LMS) party -- the senior partner in the ruling coalition -- says he walked off without paying because three supermarket employees had “treated (him) like air” and continued chatting.

The squat should be a compulsory exercise for everyone .Squats help build your leg muscles but they also create an anabolic environment, which promotes body-wide muscle building.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Abu Dhabi this morning from Munich of Germany on her three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX-2019).