ICX cos’ dues to BTRC swell to Tk 638cr
The outstanding dues of the country’s 25 interconnection exchange operators have increased by more than Tk 600 crore in last three years as the politically-licensed ICX operators, who received licenses in 2012, are reluctant to pay the revenue share.
MP resists storing Brazilian wheat in Kushtia
Fourteen truckloads of ‘substandard’ wheat imported from Brazil could not be stored at Kumarkhali warehouse on Saturday due to obstruction by a local MP.
BNP not a terrorist party: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked why only BNP was branded as a ‘terrorist party’ and blamed for transport arsons and reminded the critics that Awami League had killed people during its ‘oar-and-stick’ movement and torched vehicles.
FINANCING COOPERATION : Dhaka, Beijing to sign agreement
Dhaka and Beijing plan to ink a deal on ‘financing cooperation’, to boost their development relations and promote Chinese concessional loans in major infrastructure areas in Bangladesh. The proposed deal, on which both Eximbank of China and economic relations division of the finance ministry had a number of meetings last month, is expected to be signed by next month, a senior finance ministry official said.
The Tunisian town where ISIS makes militants
Western intelligence agencies believe Tunisians head the league table of foreign fighters swelling ISIS ranks, and Tunisian authorities identify the town of Kasserine as a veritable pipeline of recruits.
Wisconsin man allegedly threatens to kill President Barack Obama
A criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued Thursday against a 55-year-old Tomah, Wisconsin man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
Suspect in killing of San Francisco woman had been deported five times
Kate Steinle was walking on a busy pier in San Francisco with her father when there was a single popping sound in the air.
Prices of green chilli, tomato, aubergine rise in capital
The prices of aubergine, green chilli and tomato increased in the city’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday.
HC to decide minister Maya’s fate, says Kamal
Jurist Kamal Hossain on Friday said the High Court would decide whether disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya would continue as minister or not. ‘No one is above the law…The Maya issue is under trial, it is now the High Court’s jurisdiction whether he will remain as minister or not,’ he said.
Moyeen Khan among 10 injured in BCL attack
At least 10 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists, including its standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan, were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly attacked an ifter party at a village of Palash upazila on Friday.
