Another Italian national shot at
Unnamed assailants shot at an Italian missionary working in the country’s northern district Dinajpur on Wednesday morning.
Make financial inclusion a reality for poor : Queen Maxima
Dutch Queeen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on Wednesday stressed the need for enacting a national strategy with a clear target for making financial inclusion a reality in Bangladesh for the poor people in general, and rural people and women in particular.
TRANSSHIPMENT FEE : Delhi to pay Tk 192 per tonne
Dhaka and Delhi on Tuesday agreed to fix Tk 192.22 as transshipment fee for a metric tonne of Indian goods to be passed through the Ashuganj river port to and from north-eastern part of India.
SC order on Mojaheed’s review petition today
The Appellate Division said Tuesday that today it would give the order on the review petition of war crime death-row inmate Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed against his sentence. Earlier, the apex court upheld his death sentence.
Tarana asks BTRC to ink deal with Facebook
State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday asked the telecom regulator to speed up the process to strike an agreement with Facebook in a bid to tackle national security issues and prevent violence against women.
Bangladesh still needs to do a lot for financial inclusion: Máxima
Appreciating Bangladesh’s progress in terms of financial inclusion, Dutch Queen Máxima on Tuesday said the country still needed to do a lot to ‘accelerate’ financial inclusion bringing unbanked poor people under financial services.
Bhashani remembered as pioneer of independence
Political parties from both ruling and opposition camps paid tribute to the memory of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani marking his 39th death anniversary on Tuesday. At a discussion, some of them alleged that a quarter was trying to remove the name of Bhashani from history.
Khaleda to be arrested on her return: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be arrested if she returns home from London on charge of embezzling orphans money.
49 banks at risk of facing new defaulted loans of Tk 5,570cr
Bangladesh Bank has assessed that 49 banks are at risk of facing up to Tk 5,570.14 crore in fresh non-performing loans at the end of this year.
PM meets president, reaffirms stance against terrorism
President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday strongly denounced Paris attacks with the prime minister reaffirming her government’s strong stance against terrorism. The prime minister came up with the resolve against terrorism when she made a courtesy call on president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
