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BFIU blocks HBM Iqbal's attempts to withdraw Tk 2.87bn from Premier Bank

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has blocked an attempt by former Premier Bank chairman HBM Iqbal and his family members to withdraw Tk 2.87 billion from their... Read More


Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, Hasina's former military secretary, moved to foreign ministry as ambassador

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, former military secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take up an ambassadorial role. ... Read More


Bangladesh seaports lower cautionary signals as fresh low brews in Bay

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has instructed the seaports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra to lower their cautionary signals, saying there is currently n... Read More


BNP's Rizvi rebuffs nomination 'green signal' reports as 'conspiracy'

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has dismissed reports suggesting that some party leaders have already received a "green signal" on party nominations, calling the claims baseless a... Read More


Gono Odhikar Parishad's Nur flies to Singapore for medical treatment

Bangladesh, Sept. 22 -- Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) chief Nurul Haque Nur is headed to Singapore for advanced medical treatment. He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on board a Bim... Read More


After jail term over Sony murder, Togor joined 'arms trade', says RAB

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- Five years after completing his prison sentence for the high-profile murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Sony, Mushfiq Uddin Togor has once again been arrested in Dhaka -- thi... Read More


More than 374,000 sit for 47th BCS preliminary exams

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- More than 374,000 candidates have sat for the 47th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination. The test was organised simultaneously at 262 educational institution... Read More


BNP's Zahid warns against 'imposing party agenda' on public amid proportional representation debate

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- BNP leader Prof AZM Zahid Hossain has warned that no political party can impose its own agenda on the people as debate grows over demands for a proportional representation (PR)... Read More


Bangladesh, US wrap up joint air force exercise in Chattogram

Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- "Operation Pacific Angel 25-3", the joint military exercise conducted by the Bangladesh Air Force and the United States' Pacific Air Forces, has drawn to a close in Chattogram.... Read More


'Suspicious movement': US citizen of Bangladeshi origin faces extended interrogation

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A Dhaka court has ordered a five-day remand for Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a Bangladesh-origin US citizen, following his detention for "suspicious roaming" in a car on Minto Road.... Read More