The amount of classified loans in the country's banks and financial organisations stood at Tk 63,435 crore in September last, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told Parliament yesterday. According to Bangladesh Bank's statement, the amount of classified loans in the banks was Tk 58,877 crore, which…

The barometer has started climbing up gradually indicating that the winter is finally drawing its curtain this year. The temperature rose by up to two degrees Celsius across the country in one day yesterday, Met Office sources said, adding it is likely to become warm in the next five days with the spring…

Police arrested three more people in connection with the attacks on Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Sunday night, reports UNB The arrestees are Tabarak Hossain, Saddam Hossain and Ahammad Ali. Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station Abu Zafar said they arrested the three…

British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be "strongly opposed" to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK, BBC reports. Bercow told MPs "opposition to racism and sexism" were "hugely important considerations".…

The role of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) in aiding Rohingya refugees in the country came in for praise from foreign minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali yesterday. Speaking on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the two-day-long partnership meeting of the BDRCS, Mahmood Ali said: “The…

A strong 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit northern India late yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, rattling cities as far away as the capital New Delhi, reports AFP. The quake struck at 10:33 pm local time with the tremor's epicentre 35 kilometres northwest of the Himalayan town of Pipalkoti in…