Farmers Bank chair MK Alamgir quits
Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has resigned as the chairman of the board of directors and executive committee of the Farmers Bank Ltd. At the same time, bank’s audit committee chairman Mahbubul Haque Chisty has also resigned.
3 new banks soon: Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday said the government is going to give licences for setting up three more new banks which experts observed would be illogical and disastrous for the already scam-hit banking sector
At a Navajo veterans' event, Trump makes 'Pocahontas' crack
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, during an event at the White House honoring Navajo code talkers Monday, referenced his nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, "Pocahontas," a label he has long used about the Massachusetts Democrat.
Saudi Crown Prince: Coalition will fight terrorism until it is 'eradicated'
(CNN)Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the country's two-year-old military coalition would "pursue terrorism until it is eradicated completely" in remarks made at the group's inaugural meeting on Sunday
Russian jet makes 'unsafe' intercept of US Navy aircraft
(CNN)A Russian Su-30 fighter jet made an "unsafe" intercept of a US P-8A Poseidon aircraft Saturday while it was flying over the Black Sea, the Pentagon told CNN Monday. "The US aircraft was operating in international airspace and did nothing to provoke this Russian behavior," Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, told CNN.
Crippled US destroyer damaged by transport ship
Washington (CNN)The USS Fitzgerald, a Navy destroyer that was damaged in June after a deadly collision with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan, suffered two punctures to its hull on Sunday while being loaded onto a transport ship destined for the US, according to the service
Bali volcano closes airport for a second day amid fears of further eruptions
(CNN)A smoking Bali volcano has halted flights for another day as Indonesian emergency authorities continue widespread evacuations ahead of another possible eruption. Almost 30,000 people have already left the area around Mount Agung since it began erupting on Saturday, spewing clouds of ash reaching as high as 9,100 meters (at least 5.6 miles)
Govt looks for S Alam’s finance sources, said Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said that they were looking for sources of finance of S Alam Group following the takeover of the Social Islami Bank Limited by the Chittagong-based group
EXPERTS, POLITICIANS ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION AGREEMENT Deal creates uncertainty
The hurried signing of a Rohingya repatriation deal with Myanmar without timeframe and leaving Nay Pyi Daw to decide who could return might make the process uncertain, experts and politicians said on Sunday
BDR MEN’S DEATH REFERENCE HC begins delivering verdict
A three-judge special bench of the High Court Division on Sunday began giving verdict about the convictions handed by a trial court to 568 persons, mostly Bangladesh Rifles soldiers for slaying 57 commanders and 17 others during a mutiny that rocked BDR’s Peelkhana headquarters in the capital in February 2009.
