South Asian economic integration : Political inconsistence, non-tariff barriers termed key challenges

Hesitant and inconsistent political leadership and various non-tariff barriers are the key challenges to South Asian regional economic integration, opined national and international experts in a dialogue on Saturday in Dhaka.

No debate producing flawed laws: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said Saturday that bills containing lacunae were being passed by Parliament without thorough debates and scrutiny.

HSC, equivalent exams get underway

The Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations started simultaneously across the country on Sunday.

SC to hear Nizami’s review petition next week

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Sunday said that the hearing of the review petition filed by death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami will be heard next week.

BAN ON ENTRY OF RAWHIDE : Lax monitoring on first day, mobile courts from today

The government will use mobile court to implement its decision to not allow entry of rawhide to the tanneries at Hazaribagh from April 1.

3 held over gang-rape of apparel worker on running bus

An apparel worker was allegedly gang raped by driver and staff on a running bus at Madhupur in Tangail on Friday morning.

BB RESERVE THEFT : Sri Lankan says she was set up by friend

When Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, a small Sri Lankan businesswoman, got a deposit of $20 million in her account last month, she said the funds were expected but had no idea they were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank in one of the largest cyber heists in history.

Khaleda calls for ‘dialogue’ again

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday urged the government to resolve the present political problem through dialogue, shunning the path of confrontation.

TONU RAPE, MURDER : Protests continue

Protests continued on Thursday in the capital and elsewhere in the country as the police failed to make any headway in the investigation into the rape and murder of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu on March 20 night.

Wong returns $4.63m of BB money

Philippine casino businessman Kim Wong on Wednesday returned $4.63 million of the Bangladesh Bank’s stolen money to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) office at the Philippines central bank headquarters in Manila.