14-party’s unity remains intact: Nasim
Claiming that the 14-party alliance remains united, its spokesperson Mohammed Nasim on Wednesday said the combine will be expanded further in future.
BB reduces interest rate on farm loan to 10pc
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday reduced the rate of interest on farm loan to 10 per cent from 11 per cent as the interest rates of other types of loans and deposits continued to decrease in recent months.
Income tax measures should apply with prospective effect, not retrospective: ICAB
Professional chartered accountants on Wednesday strongly criticised the government for reduction of investment tax rebate facility for individual taxpayers saying that the measure would increase income tax liability for them in the next fiscal year.
Bangladeshi nano satellite to be in orbit mid 2017
A group of BRAC university students is going to launch countries first nano satellite in orbit at the mid of next year in cooperation with Japan.
Ahsanullah Master killing: Death sentences for six upheld
The High Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences of a Juba Dal leader and five others of the 22 condemned convicts of killing Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master at Tongi in Gazipur on May 7, 2004.
Obama goes on tirade against Trump over 'dangerous' Muslim ban, 'radical Islam'
President Barack Obama lit into Donald Trump Tuesday, turning the tables to make the impassioned case that Trump is the one who's un-American.
Source: Orlando gunman told wife of interest in a terror attack
The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter told the FBI that Omar Mir Seddique Mateen said he wanted to carry out a jihadist attack, though she denied knowledge of his plans to launch the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, a law enforcement official told CNN on Tuesday.
Clinton, Sanders meet; Clinton wins D.C. primary
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met privately at the Capital Hilton in Washington on Tuesday evening, just after Clinton won the final contest on the Democratic calendar in the District of Columbia.
Witness: Orlando shooter laughed during rampage
Norman Casiano crawled into a bathroom and wedged himself into a stall, crammed with at least a dozen people. They were hiding, crying and saying prayers under their breath.
PM warns against harassment of innocent people
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has warned the authorities concerned against harassment of innocent people during the ongoing anti-militancy drives by police across the country.
