Export earnings top $34b in FY16
Country’s export earnings in the just concluded financial year 2015-16 stood at $34.24 billion with a 9.72-per cent growth thanks to a commendable performance by the readymade garment sector.
Fin min approves Tk 607cr as fees for Robi-Airtel merger
The finance ministry on Wednesday approved Tk 607 crore as fees and spectrum adjustment charges for the proposed merger of mobile phone companies Robi and Airtel.
Monk hacked in Cox’s Bazar town
Unidentified attackers hacked a Rakhain monk near Cox’s Bazar central monastery in the town on Wednesday morning.
Four Bangladeshis jailed in Singapore for terror financing
A Singapore court on Tuesday sentenced four Bangladeshi workers to imprisonment on charge of financing terrorism under the Internal Security Act of the South-East Asian country.
Bangladesh risks megaquake
A massive hidden fault, discovered recently, could trigger a cataclysmic quake beneath Bangladesh, and parts of India and Myanmar, revealed a new research.
BNP again urges for national unity
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s senior leaders on Tuesday urged the government to respond to the call of its chairperson Khaleda Zia to forge unity against extremism.
PM seeks everybody’s role against militancy
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday sought active role of the cross section of people to motivate people against the plot to plunge the country into militancy.
Fighting extremism: Govt weighs what US help to take
The government said on Monday that it was assessing what type of assistance Bangladesh required to contain violent extremism as the US government renewed its offer of help in addressing the challenge both the countries were facing.
Ministers asked to keep vigil against militant attacks
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked her cabinet colleagues to keep vigil all the time and launch ‘intensive campaigns’ against militancy among people from every walk of life amidst fear that more militant attacks might take place.
AL, allies vow to root out extremism
Leaders and activists of the ruling alliance, socio-cultural organisations and professional bodies on Monday took a fresh vow to resist and root out extremism.
