Dhaka, May 20 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury says many of the country's banks are caught in a "serious capital deficit", the result of years of money laundering and loan defaults eng... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received a window of over two months to submit its investigation report into cricketer and former Magura-1 lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, his mothe... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- Mahfuj Alam, a key figure in the July Uprising and former student advisor to the subsequent Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, believes the Awami League - whose activities have be... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- The Supreme Court Reporters Forum (SRF) has once again written to the chief justice seeking permission for journalists to enter the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. In a lett... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has taken a hard line on mugging and extortion, saying no criminal will be spared on grounds of political or social identity.... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- The government has taken an initiative to provide nutritious meals for students in government primary schools. To ensure the quality of these meals, at least three mothers will be inc... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- A patient has died during the evacuation at Khulna Medical College Hospital in response to a fire. Five people, including several nurses, have been injured in their attempt to leap o... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced Bidisha Ershad, the former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case involving the sale of a re... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- Bangladesh Bank's aggressive dollar-buying spree shows no signs of slowing, pushing total purchases past $6 billion in the ongoing fiscal year even before the final month has begun. ... Read More
Dhaka, May 20 -- The government has recalled 15 judicial service officers and judges, who were previously assigned to the now-abolished Supreme Court secretariat, back to the Law and Justice Division.... Read More