AGE LIMIT FOR JCD NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS A faction demands a roll back
About 200 leaders and activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal held day-long protest demonstrations in front of BNP central office at Naya Paltan after locking its main entrance Tuesday to press their demand of rolling back the age limit set for the candidates of the next central committee election, the date of which is yet to be fixed.
BNP MP asks religious affairs minister to resign
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker on Tuesday demanded resignation of state minister for religious affairs for misleading announcements over the date of Eid-ul Fitr while another criticised the government for the denial of bail to jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Defaulted loans soar to Tk 1.11 lakh crore
Defaulted loans in the scam-hit banking system skyrocketed to Tk 1,10,873.54 crore in the first quarter of 2019 because of a 31 per cent increase in non-performing loans in private commercial banks.
ACC director Enamul suspended
Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandaker Enamul Basir was suspended on Monday on the allegation of sharing information of ongoing probes against deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman for accumulating illegal wealth.
Outgoing Financial Year 2018-19 All steps failed to fix banking fiasco
Budgetary and other incentives provided for the banking sector in the outgoing fiscal year have failed to improve the financial health of the ailing sector, which witnessed further scams in the year.
DBBL ATM hacking US company NCR officials summoned
The Detective Branch of police has summoned United States-based NCR Corporation officials from India over the latest hacking of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited.
Nusrat Murder Court accepts charges against 16, relieves five
Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Monday accepted the charges against 16 detained accused in the hair raising case of setting fire to madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, causing her death in early April.
PM slams Myanmar, aid agencies
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that unwillingness of Myanmar and opposition by international aid organisations working to support Rohingyas were the major challenges of starting Rohingya repatriation.
Govt to increase direct procurement from farmers
The government is planning to increase direct procurement of un-husked rice from the farmers, officials in the ministries of food and agriculture told New Age Sunday.
Govt likely to introduce Advance Tax, 4 new VAT rates
The government may introduce Advance Tax (AT) on import and commercial transactions under the new Value-Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012 to be implemented from the upcoming fiscal year 2019-2020.
