ACC okays charge sheet against 7 for embezzling BKB’s TK 260cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved the charge sheet against four former Bangladesh Krishi Bank officials and three business people accused of embezzling about Tk 260 crore from the bank.
Govt plans to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Sadarghat
The government has a plan to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Dhaka’s main river port Sadarghat by developing a modern port at Smashanghat of Postagala.
Cabinet okays $1.6 lakh for death of air passenger
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Bill 2019 aiming at protecting the rights of passengers and the security of baggage carried by airlines operating flights to and from Bangladesh.
Red tape hides actual dengue death figures
In the face of a phenomenal rise in dengue infections in Bangladesh this year, the government agency tasked to monitor the diseases has resorted to a ‘bureaucratic process’ to confirm the
'All you can see is death.' The regions reeling from the Amazon rainforest fires
The smoke is so thick, at times the Cessna airplane had to climb to stay out of it. At times your eyes burn and you close the air vents to keep the cabin habitable. Sometimes it is so bad, it is hard to see how bad it actually is on the ground below.
Macron sparks confusion after inviting Iran's foreign minister to G7 summit
When Iran's Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, landed in Biarritz Sunday afternoon it appeared France's Emmanuel Macron, this year's G7 host, had pulled off an end run around his most powerful guest, US President Donald Trump.
A 'rude shock' for markets: Asian stocks slide on US-China trade tit-for-tat
Asian markets were battered Monday amid a confusing swirl of signals about the US-China trade war.
Live ammunition, petrol bombs and water cannons mark violent escalation in Hong Kong protests
A Hong Kong police officer fired a live shot into the air after protesters squared off against police armed with water cannons on Sunday night, marking one of the most violent nights of pro-
Rohingyas rally for rights at home
Thousands of Rohingya people on Sunday held a rally at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar marking the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh following a crackdown on them by the Myanmar military.
List of Pakistani collaborators underway
Different agencies are working to prepare a list of the Pakistani collaborators who aided the military in fighting against the country’s freedom fighters and carrying out the massacres during the nine-month-long war of independence.
