Sarkar Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury has been made acting secretary of Finance Division under the finance ministry. An official of the Audit and Accounts Cadre of the BCS 1984 batch, Chowdhury had been serving as the additional secretary of the same division, according to a ministry press release. Chowdhury…

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be accorded a mass reception on her return from the United States where she attended the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), reports BSS. Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies will organize the mass reception on…

The country’s major rivers have started showing a downward trend after rising suddenly. They started to rise menacingly following heavy rain upstream of the Brahmaputra, Barak and the Teesta in north-eastern India. However, the Ganges to the north-west did not mark any rise as it did during the…

Mentioning that Bangladesh has given shelter to Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday said Myanmar must take back its citizens, reports UNB. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given shelter to the Rohingyas fleeing torture…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has digitally cleared 61 urgent files during her official visit to the United States, reports BSS. “The prime minister digitally disposed of 61 important electronic files (e-files) during her stay in the United States,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim…

Visiting Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has offered to export more power from India. “For the last two years, India has been exporting power to Bangladesh and there is scope to import more. Bangladesh can take the benefit of importing power from India as there is available power,”…

Two people, including a student, were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Tamai Bus Stand area on Saidabad-Belkuchi in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Police said the accident took place when a speedy bus knocked down a CNG-run auto rickshaw around 3:45…