Banks’ rate cut continues as business remains dull
The scheduled banks cut rates of interest on lending again in September as the businesspeople continued to show reluctance in receiving loans from the banking sector due to sluggish business caused by longstanding political uncertainty, said officials of Bangladesh Bank.
Nothing can stop dev: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Friday afternoon completing her three-day successful tour to the Netherlands.
Nov 7 uprising anniv today
Today is the 40th anniversary of the November 7 uprising in which Bangladesh Army soldiers and the people overthrow the then government.
Govt urged to cancel Rampal Power Plant
Politicians, academics, cultural activists and journalists on Thursday called on the government to refrain from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant to save the Sunderbans, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.
2 Taiwan citizens hacked in city
Unidentified miscreants on Thursday night hacked two citizens of Taiwan at Uttara in the city, said the deputy commissioner of Dhaka metropolitan police (Media) Mumtasirul Islam on Friday.
DELTA PLAN-2100 : Netherlands, BD agree to work together
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have agreed to work more closely for the implementation of the ‘Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100’ to make the delta safe and productive for the people of those areas in Bangladesh.
Gayeshwar sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge’s court on Wednesday sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to jail in connection with a violence case filed with Rampura police station.
Stop harassment by field-level VAT officials, DCCI urges NBR
Leaders of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday demanded the National Board of Revenue take steps to stop harassment by field-level tax officials while collecting value-added tax.
Dipan’s father Abul Quasem gets death threat, feels insecure
Slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan’s father Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq said on Wednesday that he was feeling insecure as he had felt in 1971.
DELTA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION : Netherlands to help Bangladesh
The Netherlands on Wednesday assured Bangladesh of providing all kinds of support and assistance for implementation of its Delta Plan-2100, as the two countries are facing the common problems.
