The Awami League-nominated candid ate for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post, Atiqul Islam, has promised to make Dhaka a “livable,…

If elected mayor, Tabith Awal will give priority to completing unfinished development projects of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), started by its…

The High Court (HC) will pass orders on two separate writ petitions seeking a stay on the process for holding the by-election to the mayoral post of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) slated for February 26. The HC bench, comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed, fixed the date yesterday…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the global body’s refugee agency, stressed the need for meeting international standards in the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar. “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, notes yesterday’s (15 January) meeting of the…

The defence yesterday completed its closing arguments in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case seeking acquittal of BNP chief Khaleda Zia on the ground that her involvement was not proved. Barrister Moudud Ahmed completed the arguments on Khaleda’s behalf during yesterday’s proceedings. In his…

The much-talked-about ‘Bank-Company (Amendment) Bill 2018’ was passed in parliament yesterday with a provision to allow up to four members of a family to become directors of any bank and the directors to hold their posts for nine years consecutively, reports UNB. Opposition Jatiya Party…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the government has blacklisted China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for its attempt to bribe a secretary concerned. “The firm offered Tk 50 lakh in bribes to a secretary. The secretary informed us about the matter. That’s why we’ve blacklisted…