Exports to major destinations falter in July
Country’s exports to most of the major destinations declined in July, the first month of the current financial year 2016-17, due to a decreased shipment of the readymade garment products in the month.
2,526 ATMs yet to have anti-skimming devices
Scheduled banks have yet to install anti-skimming devices at around 2,526 automated teller machines, flouting the Bangladesh Bank’s March 15 deadline.
Milwaukee violence: Protests break out after officer-involved shooting
Angry crowds took to the streets in Milwaukee on Saturday night, hours after a police officer fatally shot an armed man during a foot chase, authorities said.
Man sets fire, stabs passengers on train in Switzerland
A man on a train in eastern Switzerland stabbed several passengers and poured out some kind of liquid that caught fire Saturday afternoon, leaving six people hurt -- including a 6-year-old boy, police said.
New York imam, his assistant killed near mosqu
A New York imam and his assistant were gunned down in broad daylight Saturday after prayers at a nearby mosque, police said.
IBBL holds prayer session, marking National Mourning Day
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited on Saturday organised a discussion and a doa mahfil, marking the National Mourning Day, as well as 41st death anniversary of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Islami Bank Tower, in the capital.
Govt has no logic for Rampal project: Nat’l Committee
Leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday called on the government to refrain from making false and confusing statements regarding the coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant project in Bagerhat.
Telcos’ parent firms unhappy over draft tower co guidelines
The parent companies of country’s three largest mobile phone operators have raised concern about the draft tower company guidelines saying that the clauses in the guidelines might affect the mobile operators.
BASABO SIBLINGS KILLING: Mother arrested, placed on five-day remand
Police on Saturday afternoon took the mother of the two siblings, who were found dead with their throats slit at their Uttar Basabo residence in the capital, on a five-day remand for interrogation about her suspected involvement in the killings, hours after she was arrested early Saturday.
Hasnat now arrested in Gulshan attack case
Police investigators formally arrested Abul Hasnat Reza Karim, a Bangladeshi civil engineer with British nationality, in the Gulshan attack case while a metropolitan magistrate remanded him for eight more days in this connection.
