The Central Bank yesterday held the commercial banks partly responsible for the recent incidents of ATM card forgery. Bangladesh Bank (BB) officials said…

The Banglabandha land port, a gateway to the northern region, will be reopened today to establish road, trade and commerce links between the four neighboring countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. It will ease the movement of passengers and goods through road and land-port. Asaduzzaman Khan…

A Dhaka court yesterday indicted 19 people including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and its chairman Jesmin Islam in three separate cases filed in connection with much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam, reports UNB.  Dhaka’s Special Judge Kamrul Hossain passed the order and…

Aung San Suu Kyi met Myanmar's army chief for the third time since her pro-democracy party swept elections, officials said Wednesday, heightening speculation that the military may hold sway over the selection of the next president, reports AFP. Suu Kyi, barred from top office by the junta-era constitution,…

Police recovered the buried bodies of four children in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district yesterday morning, five days after they went missing. The incident triggered alarm among child rights activists, who said abductions and murder of children have increased across the country recently. At least…

The Editors’ Council yesterday condemned and protested the filing of numerous cases against Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star and general secretary of the Council, in different parts of the country. The Council, at a meeting with its President Golam Sarwar in the chair, adopted a resolution,…

Election commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said yesterday (Wednesday) that a large number of armed Ansars, along with other law enforcers, will be deployed for the union parishad (UP) polls to ensure a peaceful environment.   “The police and Ansars will be there. As there are about 7,000 polling…

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said that all responsibilities of his party will gradually be bestowed upon GM Quader, the party’s newly appointed co-chairman. “I am handing all the responsibilities of the JP over to the hands of my brother GM Quader gradually,” Ershad…