Nine banks face Tk 19,446cr capital shortfall
Nine banks, including six state-owned banks, are facing Tk 19,446.6 crore shortfall in capital as of December 31, 2017 amid loan scams and failure to recover growing defaulted loans.
Two siblings held with 1 lakh Yaba tablets in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested two siblings along with 1 lakh Yaba tablets from Pahartali area of the port city early Wednesday.
Fresh gas price hike proposed
Gas distribution utilities have submitted proposals for fresh hikes in gas prices by 206 per cent for power plants and 25 per cent for CNG filling stations triggering fear of further increase in costs of living
Get ready to take country forward, PM asks children
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the country’s children and juveniles to get prepared to take the country forward in the future considering themselves as successors of a victorious nation.
ACC’s appeal hearing to extend Khaleda’s punishment on Wednesday
The High Court on Tuesday fixed Wednesday for hearing on acceptance of an appeal filed by Anti-Corruption Commission seeking extension of punishment of Bangladesh
SC seeks undertaking over BGMEA office relocation
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association to give an undertaking saying that it will not file any more time petition over relocating its office from the city’s Hatirjheel area
SUST student hacked dead in Sylhet
A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology was hacked to death in Keane bridge area in Sylhet city early Monday
Nation celebrates Independence Day
People flocked to the National Memorial at Savar and other monuments across the country on Monday to pay homage to the brave freedom fighters who made supreme sacrifice for the liberation of the country as the nation celebrated the 48th Independence and National Day.
Take country forward with Liberation War spirit: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on has urged all to work together in a planned way so that the country’s march forward based on the Liberation War spirit never stops.
ACC appeals seeking increase in Khaleda’s jail term
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed an appeal in the High Court Division to increase the jail term for former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust Case.
