UNB, Chattogram : Most parts of Chattogram city have been flooded due to several hours of rainfall activities following the impact of the cyclonic storm Remal, disrupting the lives of residents. The low-lying areas of the city have been flooded while in many areas people were seen wading through knee-deep to waist-deep water since Monday morning. Due to the poor drainage system, waterlogging problems remain a curse for the city dwellers. The rains started on Sunday night and continued till...
City Desk : The government has appointed Air Vice Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan as the new chief of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) by promoting him to the rank of Air Marshal. The appointment will come into effect from June 11, said an Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) press release issued here on Sunday. Hasan Mahmood Khan will replace outgoing Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan....
UNB, Bagerhat : Cyclone Remal’s strong winds and tidal surges have caused extensive damages to riverbanks, infrastructure, and homes across Bagerhat. The cyclone’s fury has damaged homes, uprooted trees, broken electric poles and severed power lines, leaving nearly 500,000 residents without electricity since Sunday night. On Sunday night, embankments in several areas were breached, inundating villages with tidal waters. Deputy Commissioner Md. Khalid Hossain confirmed the preliminary data, indicating that 10,000 families have been stranded and 45,000 homes have been...
AFP, France : Kylian Mbappe said, he is proud to leave Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) with his “head hold high” after...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate assets which former IGP Benazir Ahmed and...
Business Report : The life fund of National Life Insurance (NLI), a life insurance company listed in the capital market,...
UNB : Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Shilpa Parishad, an organization of newspaper owners, placed a 14-point demand including the payment of all outstanding advertisement bills owed to newspapers by government agencies, including Department of Films and Publications (DFP), by next June. If not, the leaders of this organisation and publishers warned of waging a systematic movement to realise their demands from next July. The demands were read out during a regular meeting addressing the ongoing problems of the newspaper industry and its...
Staff Reporter : Banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh are losing people’s trust due to various issues, including liquid crisis and non-performing loans, say experts. As a result, the country’s economy is gradually getting damaged. Moreover, the financial institutions are not succeeding in gaining the trust of local and foreign investors, the experts highlighted during a discussion at the EMK Center in Dhaka on Saturday (25 May). Speaking at the discussion titled “Development Opportunities in Emerging Economies”, Former IMF Assistant...
Staff Reporter : Anwarul Azim Anar, Member of Parliament for Jhenaidah-4, has been killed after two previous failed attempts, according to Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, Additional Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Addressing a press conference at the Minto Road DB office in the capital on Saturday afternoon, DB Chief Harun-or-Rashid disclosed, “The killers had attempted twice before finally succeeding in the third round. However, the specific motive behind the murder remains unclear yet.” He went on...
Staff Reporter : The Maldivian government has suspended issuing visas for Bangladeshi migrant workers. The move has came as per...
Staff Reporter : Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud stated that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has turned into an enemy of humanity and Bangladesh fully supports his arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “Bangladesh fully supports the arrest warrant issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled ‘World Peace and Recognition of the State of Palestine,’ organised by the...
The recent dialogue hosted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue paints a grim picture of Bangladesh’s banking sector. Economists and experts raise a critical issue – the oligarchs’ abuse of the system, jeopardizing good governance, transparency, and public trust. This erosion of trust stems from multiple factors. Bangladesh Bank, the central bank, faces accusations of weakness in asserting its authority. Influential figures exert undue pressure, leading to erratic policy changes and a lack of accountability for problematic banks Dual policies...