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Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday came down heavily on Grameen Bank Commission’s recommendations to change the structure of the bank. Changing the structure to match Shilpa Bank or Palli...
View ArticleMoon ride on Dhaka roads
Commuting in the capital is now a real hassle, as many roads lie potholed for months in the absence of timely repair. Rain and waterlogging in recent weeks have worsened the situation, adding to the...
View ArticlePakistan ‘incompetent’ on Laden
Incompetence and negligence allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in Pakistan undetected for almost a decade, a leaked government report suggests. A version of the report leaked to al-Jazeera says the...
View ArticleUN chief appeals for Ramadan truce across Syria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Monday for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters in Syria to put down their weapons during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan....
View ArticleEgypt interim leader sets poll plan
Egypt’s interim leader has outlined his timetable for new elections, amid continuing unrest in the country. Adly Mansour’s decree envisages changes to the Islamist-drafted constitution and a...
View ArticleChinese police open fire on Tibetan monks
Police in a restive Tibetan part of southwestern China opened fire on a group of monks and others who had gathered to mark the birthday of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, seriously injuring at...
View ArticleStocks upbeat
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse climbed on Monday. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), increased 124 points to reach at 4,683 points at the end of the...
View ArticleUS mulls speeding up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan -report
The United States is considering speeding up its planned withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, including a possible “zero option” that would result in no US forces in that country after 2014,...
View ArticleBangladesh to improve RMG workers’ safety standards
Bangladesh pledged on Monday to quickly boost worker rights and recruit more factory inspectors as it seeks to preserve European Union trade benefits after 1,132 workers were killed in the collapse of...
View ArticleRamadan in Saudi Arabia to begin Wednesday
The fasting month of Ramadan begins in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as nobody sighted the new crescent on Monday. “Tomorrow, July 9 will be the 30th day of Shaaban and the holy month of Ramadan begins on...
View Article7 hurt in Pabna RMG factory fire
At least seven workers were injured while rushing to escape a fire that broke out at a garment factory in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone in Pabna on Tuesday. The authorities declared the factory,...
View Article9 die as buses collide in Gopalganj
At least nine people were killed and 40 injured after two buses collided on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj on Tuesday. Four of the deceased were identified as Smrity Begum,...
View ArticleComilla University teachers confine VC
A section of teachers of Comilla University confined its vice-chancellor (VC) to his office room since Tuesday morning demanding his resignation. Keeping the VC office padlocked, around 20 teachers of...
View ArticleJune exports rise over 16pc year on year
Export of products from the country rose 16 percent in June this year from the same time period in 2012, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). Exports, however, failed to meet expectation...
View ArticlePolitical parties, police most corrupt: TI
Political parties and police department are the two most corruption-plagued sectors in Bangladesh, according to a survey conducted by Transparency International. Most of the people who responded to a...
View ArticleMahmudur cleared of defamation charge
A Dhaka court on Tuesday acquitted acting Editor of the daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman and two others of a defamation charge. Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy adviser to the prime minister, filed the...
View ArticleGovt to withdraw cases
The government has decided to withdraw both the cases filed by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) against Limon Hossain, a Jhalakathi college student who had to have his left leg cut off after members of the...
View ArticleStudents go on Eid vacation from July 27
All government and non government schools and colleges across the country will enjoy the Eid holiday from July 27 to August 12, the education ministry announced on Tuesday. This year, the ministry has...
View ArticleChinese firm’s $2.4b offer for Padma bridge
A Chinese firm has formally proposed to invest US$ 2.40 billion in the Padma bridge project, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Tuesday. The minister said the Exim Bank of China will provide...
View ArticleRamadan begins Thursday
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, will begin Thursday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh sky on Tuesday. Lailatul Qadr, the night of...
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