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Bangladesh to get back Tk120cr from Manila

Bangladesh to get back Tk120cr from Manila
Bangladesh is set to get back USD 15.25 million (Tk 120 crore) out of the USD 81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserves by hackers earlier this year. The money will come back to the country as a Philippines court has issued an order to BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) to release $4.63 million and Peso 488.28 million in favor of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank general manager and assistant spokesperson FM Mokammel Huq told reporters at a press conference at the BB headquarters in the capital yesterday. The total amount of released money stood at around $15.25 million, he said. The Philippine regional trial court gave the order after a number of hearings, he said. Philippine’s Department of Justice represented Bangladesh at the…

‘Country achieves success in 
curbing terror financing’

‘Country achieves success in curbing terror financing’

Bangladesh has achieved remarkable successes and appreciations in countering terrorism and curbing terror financing at the national and international levels under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS quoting a Center for Research and Information (CRI) report. Additionally,…
Discipline on transport sector major challenge: Quader

Discipline on transport sector major challenge: Quader

Admitting the responsibility for the huge road fatalities during the recent eid vacation, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said his main challenge is to bring back discipline on highways and transport sector, reports UNB. “I can’t say I’m successful in restoring…
Road accidents 
rampant

Road accidents rampant

It is extremely worrying to note that road traffic accidents are showing no sign of abetting in the country.  Well over a hundred persons have been killed in road crashes all over the country since the start of the Eid holidays. The figure of deaths is changing everyday. Most of the accidents have…
The American Election 2016—the Presidency

The American Election 2016—the Presidency

The American election is two months away.  The two candidates come from quite different backgrounds. . Clinton comes from a middle class family that was financially comfortable but not really secure; she achieved a good education by hard work in school. She attended Wellesley College, a premier…
‘Project Trishna’  offers free drinking water

‘Project Trishna’ offers free drinking water

General public will have free access to clean drinking water in targeted areas of the city, thanks to Project Trishna. Footsteps, an NGO, has taken up the project and will offer clean drinking water by setting up water filters. Under the project, people will have free clean drinking water round the…
India approves $1b 
connectivity project

India approves $1b connectivity project

India's Department of Economic Affairs on Sunday approved a highway construction and maintenance project worth $1.04 billion that would connect the country with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The aim of linking the roads is to increase inter-regional trade in South Asia by 60 percent, reports Yahoo…
Russia says rebel violations make Syria truce ‘pointless’

Russia says rebel violations make Syria truce ‘pointless’

AFP, MOSCOW/ DAMASCUS: Russia’s defence ministry on Monday appeared to bury a week-long Syria ceasefire brokered with the United States, saying rebel violations made it “pointless” for government troops to uphold the truce.“Considering that the conditions of the ceasefire are…
Nirab off to Bangalore for Bollywood mission

Nirab off to Bangalore for Bollywood mission

Bringing an end to all speculations, popular Bangladeshi actor Nirab Hossain left Dhaka for Bangalore yesterday afternoon to take part in the shooting of a Bollywood film. DhakaLive has news that Nirab is going to make his debut in Bollywood with a film named ‘Bala’, which will be directed…
Tigers await a different century

Tigers await a different century

Bangladesh are just two matches shy of sealing their 100th ODI victory as they host Afghanistan later this month for a three-match series, their first one-day international series of the year. Mashrafe and Company has the bright chance to record the historic feat since they are dubbed as hot favourite…
6 killed in road crashes

6 killed in road crashes

Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj and Bogra yesterday, reports UNB. In Munshiganj: Four people were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Nimtoli in Sirajdikhan upazila. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Zayedul…
Dhaka vows ‘zero tolerance’ against terrorism

Dhaka vows ‘zero tolerance’ against terrorism

Dhaka has reiterated its ‘zero tolerance’ stance against terrorism and violent extremism at the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in Margarita Island in Venezuela. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, who represented Bangladesh at the Summit, detailed on Sunday…
President Trump’s First Term

President Trump’s First Term

On the morning of January 20, 2017, the President-elect is to visit Barack Obama at the White House for coffee, before they share a limousine—Obama seated on the right, his successor on the left—for the ride to the Capitol, where the Inauguration will take place, on the west front terrace,…
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