US, China sign trade deal

After nearly two years of conflict between the world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China signed a trade truce on Wednesday, letting businesses ..

Rouhani urges unity after plane protests

President Hassan Rouhani appealed Wednesday for ‘unity’ and flagged the need for radical changes to the way Iran is run, after a wave of angry ...

LOAN RESTRUCTURING FID for giving facility to writ petitioners, loan swindlers

The Financial Institutions Division of the Finance Ministry has decided to request Bangladesh Bank to extend the loan rescheduling opportunities..

CITY POLLS DEFERMENT Protesters block Shahbagh as police bar EC march

Students of Dhaka University on Wednesday once again blocked the capital’s Shahbagh crossing after police barred their march towards the Election ..

Climate change likely to displace 4cr people: PM

About 4 crore people living in 70 upazilas of 19 costal districts are feared to be displaced by the adverse impact of climate change, said prime minister Sheikh Hasina ..

STOCK MELTDOWN Lawmakers criticise govt

Two members of parliament on Wednesday criticised the government over the plunge of Dhaka stock market saying that the investors had lost their interest ..

BNP candidate Ishraque indicted in graft case

A Dhaka special judge court indicted the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka south city elections, Ishraque Hossain,

US policy, pre-emptive force and Qasem Soleimani

INTERNATIONAL relations is typified by its vagueness of definition and its shallowness of justification. Be it protecting citizens of a state in another, launching ..

Queen grants Harry, Meghan ‘transition period’ in Canada

Queen Elizabeth II on Monday said that she would allow her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to split their time between Canada and Britain ..

Pak court annuls Musharraf’s death sentence

A Pakistan court Monday annulled the death sentence handed to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, ruling that the special court which had found ..