Top 300 loan defaulters named in JS
A list of 300 top loan defaulters under all the banks and financial institutions of the country’s public and private sector involving bad loans amounting to Tk 50,942 crore was revealed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday.
Awami League’s 70th founding anniversary today
The ruling Awami League will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary today.
Bangladesh on Tier 2 Watch List for failure to curb trafficking-in-persons
Bangladesh has been put on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year in the wake of the government not meeting the minimum standards of trafficking elimination, according to the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2019, released on Thursday.
Banned food products not pulled back yet
Many of the banned food items ordered to have been withdrawn from the market for being harmful to health 12 days ago were still being sold.
Rajuk estimates scrap value after receiving quotations
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is estimating scrap value of 15-storey BGMEA building although five firms have already submitted tenders in response to its invitation in April for demolishing the building illegally standing on Hatirjheel.
Expert body to decide fate of 1,818 high-rises: minister
Housing and public works minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday said that an expert committee would be formed soon to decide the fate of 1,818 high-rise buildings that violated fire safety rules when constructed.
Driving licence issuance relaxed for six more months
The road transport and bridges ministry recently extended the time for the relaxed rules in issuing driving licences for the second time despite security concerns for medium and heavy vehicles, including public transports.
Attach property of DIG Mizan, court orders
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities to attach the immovable properties and freeze a bank account of deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman.
CURRENT SEASON TARGETS Paddy procured 12pc but rice 42pc, JS told
The government has procured 12 per cent of the paddy in two months targeted for the current boro season as the collection will end in August while the boiled rice collection is 42 per cent of the target during the same period.
Nephew of Sohel Taj found unhurt in Mymensingh 11 days after abduction
Former state minister for home affairs Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj’s nephew Syed Iftekhar Alam Sourav, a student of media and communication at Independent University Bangladesh and a
