Bailout fund for scam-hit state-owned banks again
The government is likely to set aside Tk 1500 crore in the upcoming national budget in bailout fund for scam-hit state-owned banks despite opposition from experts, think-tanks and right groups.
BR faces occupancy crisis despite huge demand
Bangladesh Railway is yet to achieve 100 per cent occupancy of seats in intercity trains due to mismanagement, quota and corruption, officials and rights activists say.
11 more killed in anti-drug drives
Eleven more suspected drug meddlers, including a Teknaf ward councillor, were killed across the country in reported gunfights early Sunday taking to 86 killed during the crackdown on drugs in 13 days since May 15.
Orders on Khaleda’s bail pleas today
The High Court will pass its orders on Monday on bail petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in three cases.
Forge national unity to protect democracy: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday called upon the political parties and leaders to forge a national unity to protect democracy.
Trump: Date and location for Kim summit 'hasn't changed'
US President Donald Trump seemed to revive hopes for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, telling reporters at the Oval Office late Saturday, "we're looking at June 12th in Singapore. That hasn't changed."
Ireland's yes voters celebrate a 'leap forward' in landmark vote on abortion
As she held her 18-month old daughter closely to her chest, Amanda Mellet summed up in words what many in Ireland were feeling Saturday after the nation's referendum on abortion passed by a landslide.
US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not 'legally responsible'
The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them.
PM visits Netaji Museum in Kolkata
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday visited Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose Museum at Netaji Bhaban, the ancestral home of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a great patriot of the freedom movement in India.
Bangladesh being built with Nazrul’s non-communal spirit: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh is being built imbued with the non-communal spirit of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
