Finally, Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided to keep branches of banks around marketplaces all over the country open till July 4, UNB reports. Bangladesh Bank deputy spokesman Anwarul Islam informed this saying that the central bank has taken the latest decision responding to a request of the FBCCI, the…

With only 7mm of rainfall, the capital suffered stifling heat and humidity yesterday.  Eleven days have passed since the southwest monsoon was supposed to usher in the rainy season, but Dhaka, along with the rest of the country—except the northern region, where rivers have swelled—is…

Two Bangladeshi nationals were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Saudi Arabia early yesterday, UNB reports. The deceased are Alauddin Sabbir, 28, son of late Amirul Islam of Netora village of Chouddagram upazila, and M Ripon, 27, son of Mizanur Rahman Miraz of Porikut village of the…

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali yesterday requested Mongolia to import more jute and jute products and pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh at a highly competitive price for greater enhancement of trade. During a meeting with the newly-appointed non-resident Mongolian Ambassador to Bangladesh…

Global rights body Amnesty International has demanded that the government immediately and unconditionally drop ‘trumped-up charges’ against journalist Probir Sikder brought over a Facebook post. Probir Sikder, editor of the daily newspaper Bangla 71, could be jailed for more than a decade…

Awami League Publicity And Publications Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud has claimed that those who are currently under arrested for the murder of Police Superintendent (SP) Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Akter Mitu are cadres of late BNP leader and war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Hasan Mahmud,…

Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque leaves for Myanmar today on a five-day visit as a Special Envoy to the Prime Minister. He is carrying a letter from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung Sun Suu Kyi, whose responsibility is to contact ministries, departments, organisations,…

A Habiganj tribunal yesterday accepted a charge-sheet against eight people in connection with the killings of four children at Sundratiki village in Bahubal upazila of the district, reports UNB. Passing the order, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Kiron Shankar Haldar fixed July…