2 siblings found dead in city apartment
A 14-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were found dead at their house at Banasree in the capital on Monday.
BB to set base rate for bank loan interest
Bangladesh Bank is going to introduce a base rate system for scheduled banks to ensure transparency in setting rates of interest on different credit products by banks.
Curtain falls on Ekushey book fair
Curtains fell on the month-long Amar Ekushey book fair on Monday with a large number of book lovers crowding the fair.
JAN 11 CHANGEOVER : MPs for probe commission
Lawmakers of the ruling Awami League and its coalition partners on Sunday demanded that a commission should be formed to investigate the January
Modernise train services, curb corruptions, say left politicians
Politicians, mass transport experts and railway trade union leaders in the city on Sunday called on the Awami League-led government to take steps to improve the quality of train services and modernise the sub-sector.
PM lays foundation stones of 10 economic zones
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid the foundation stones of 10 economic zones, the first of its kind in the country, as she sought cooperation of the local people to set up those zones fast to build a prosperous Bangladesh.
ABM Musa remembered
Academics, senior journalists and representatives from various professions on Sunday said that the nation now needed people like veteran journalist ABM Musa who was fearless in telling the truth and stood by the people with dissent opinions.
500 acres of PWD land occupied illegally
Over 500 acres of Public Works Department lands have been illegally occupied by different quarters.
Dhaka to seek $3b from AIIB for infra projects
The government will soon seek loans worth nearly $3 billion from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for around two dozens of large and medium projects, a senior official of the finance ministry said.
National committee to declare tougher programme from Sunderbans march
Leaders of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports at a protest rally in the city warned that they would announce tougher movements from a long march if the government does not back down from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant.
