PM to attend summit of Arabic Islamic US leaders
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina would attend Arabic Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on May 21 at the invitation of Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, officials said.
New VAT law to have some changes, says Muhith
In the wake of widespread protests by the business community, finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said there will be some changes in the new VAT law.
Quader terms BNP’s Vision 2030 ‘a farce’
The ruling Awami League on Wednesday rejected the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Vision 2030 which was announced earlier on the day by its chairperson Khaleda Zia in a city hotel.
Family control over private banks to widen
The cabinet on Monday approved a draft bill seeking amendment to the Bank Companies Act 1991 to allow four from a family to be bank directors which, according to experts, would widen family control on private commercial banks.
PM swipes at CJ for his remarks about judiciary, rule of law
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised chief justice SK Sinha for his claim that there is no rule of law in the country and that the judiciary is not independent.
ZIA ORPHANAGE TRUST CASE Khaleda’s self-defence hearing deferred to May 15
A special court here on Monday deferred till May 15 the hearing on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
LOWER COURT JUDGES’ DISCIPLINARY RULES SC extends deadline further
The government on Monday got time for one more week to publish the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges in the official gazette.
HAVOC IN HAOR Another face of ‘development’
IT HAS been more than one month that the haor areas are under water. Incessant rain coupled with surge of water from the hills in the bordering areas of the greater Sylhet region caused a flash flood.
North Korea detains second US professor working at Pyongyang university
North Korea has detained a US citizen on suspicion of "hostile acts" against the regime, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.
Two killed in police raid on Jhenaidah 'extremist den'
An extremist was shot dead while another allegedly blew himself up, injuring two police officials during a raid at bordering Moheshpur upazila in south-western Jhenaidah on Sunday morning.
