Fin min extends Agrani MD job ignoring BB Violates bank co act by not taking BB nod

Violating the bank law, the finance ministry on Thursday reappointed Syed Abdul Hamid as managing director of Agrani Bank for one year without taking approval from Bangladesh Bank which was against his job extension for his alleged corruption.

Don’t spread lies while fasting, Ashraf tells Khaleda.

Awami League general secretary and the latest minister without portfolio Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday urged Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to stop spreading lies while fasting.

Khaleda to go to Saudi Arabia ‘at her convenient time’

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia would go to Saudi Arabia anytime at her convenient time to perform Umrah, the party spokesman said on Thursday.

Raushan urges PM to inspect city in disguise

The opposition leader in parliament, Raushan Ershad, on Wednesday said ordinary people in the city were passing their days in misery and suggested the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, travel around the city in disguise to see the actual picture of the fate of people.

Govt to form tribunals for speedy trial of Khaleda, associates: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday told parliament that ‘the government has plans’ to form special tribunals under Section 27 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 for trials of cases filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her associates for instructions for petrol bomb attacks.

N’GANJ 7 KILLING: 25 RAB men, 10 others indicted Court issues warrant against 13 fugitives.

A judicial magistrate court in Narayanganj on Wednesday indicted 35 people, including 25 officers and rankers of Rabid Action Battalion, for the killings of seven people after abduction in Narayanganj in April 2014

Schoolboy killed in city road accident

The enthusiasm of Eid shopping of a schoolboy ended in a tragedy when a bus knocked him down, leaving him dead on spot in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Wednesday afternoon. The 12-year-old boy, Fahim Ahmed,

PM annoyed at Syed Ashraf Rumours spread over removal of Ashraf

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has expressed her displeasure at the repeated absence of local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Syed Ashraful Islam from crucial meetings.

Khaleda warns party leaders

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, has warned senior party leaders against talking about the party’s internal matter in public.

SALAUDDIN’S APPEAL: SC verdict on Jul 29

The Appellate Division announced Tuesday that it would on July 29 deliver the verdict in appeal of death row war crimes inmate Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. A four-judge bench chaired by Chief Justice SK Sinha set the schedule after hearing both the sides.