SUHRAWARDY HOSPITAL FIRE Limited services resume
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the capital resumed limited services Friday morning, 14 hours after a fire broke out at the hospital, one of the major health facilities in the capital, Thursday evening.
UN seeks $920 million to tackle Rohingya crisis
The United Nations aid agencies and NGO partners on Friday said that this year they would need $920 million to tackle Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh where more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees fled to escape violence in Myanmar.
Poet Al Mahmud dies
Celebrated poet Al Mahmud died in the intensive care unit of Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhaka. He was 82.
HC calls for lists of loan defaulters, money launderers
The High Court on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Bank governor to collect from different banks the names and addresses of people who defaulted on loans of above Tk 1 crore in the past 20 years and to submit the list to the court.
BNP hails PM’s retirement plan
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said it is good news that prime minister Sheikh Hasina has planned to go on retirement, saying that people are waiting ‘for that day’.
Skipping parliament a wrong political decision: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the elected lawmakers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-dominated Jatiya Oikya Front to refrain from taking a ‘wrong political decision’ of not joining the Parliament.
Govt backtracks on high-powered body
The government has backtracked on appointing a high-powered committee on the country’s ailing banking sector as it will constitute a review committee to deal with the growing bad loans in the state-owned banking sector.
Thai princess apologises after being disqualified from PM run
The Thai king's sister, disqualified this week by the Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologised for causing ‘problems’ for the Thai people ahead of next month's election, the country's first since a 2014 coup.
Probe body formed over Thakurgaon BGB firing
The local administration in Thakurgaon has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate into the Tuesday’s clash between villagers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh that left three people killed and several injured.
US commander warns of 'little to no verifiable change' in North Korea's military capabilities
The top US commander on the Korean Peninsula told Senate lawmakers Tuesday that "despite a reduction" in tensions with North Korea, there has been "little to no verifiable change" in the country's military capabilities since President Donald Trump's first summit with Kim Jong Un last summer.
