Staff Correspondent: Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, remarked on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while in power and will continue to…

Changes in responsibilities within interim govt: Sakhawat reassigned from Home Ministry to Textiles and Jute Ministry

Staff Correspondent: After the swearing-in of four new advisers on Friday, significant changes have been made to the responsibilities within Bangladesh’s interim government. One of the newly appointed adviser, Wahiduddin Mahmud, has been assigned to oversee…

Govt conceals info of Tk 41,000cr debt

BB unethically provide the loan Mahfuja Mukul: During the time of former governor Abdur Rauf Talukder, Bangladesh Bank has given a loan of about Tk 41 thousand crores to the government in 62 days by concealing…

Rangamati SP holds meeting with Sanatan religious leaders

Asiqur Raihan Bhuyian, Rangamati: A discussion meeting was held between the Superintendent of Police and various religious leaders in the Rangamati Police Superintendent’s office conference room yesterday.  SP of Rangamati Hill District Mir Abu Tauhid presided…

7 banks in dark for Tk 36,000 cr Beximco loan

Zarif Mahmud: Seven banks are in serious uncertainty over Tk 36,000 crore loan of Beximco Group, owned by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F. Rahman. It has borrowed from seven…

Banks to be recovered from hands of crooks

Ahsan H Mansoor served in the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund from 1996 to 2007 Mahfuz Emran: Dr. Ahsan H Mansoor is the newly appointed Governor of Bangladesh Bank. Prior…

India reduces power supply to Bangladesh

Tk 5,736 cr bill outstanding Staff Correspondent; Bangladesh has an agreement to import 2,656 megawatts of electricity from India. This electricity imported from six public-private owned power stations of the country. For this, Tk 1000 crore…

List of money launderers soon

Staff Correspondent: Finance advisor Salehuddin Ahmedhas ordered to make a list of names of those involved in money laundering. And to bring the smuggled money back to the country, he asked to review the laws of…

Educational institutions to reopen Sunday

Staff Correspondent: The Ministry of Education in Bangladeshhas announced that all educational institutions under its jurisdiction will reopen and resume academic activities starting this Sunday.This decision, issued on Thursday, follows instructions from the chief adviser of…

Domestic loan increased by Tk 15.58 tr in 15-yr

Farhad Chowdhury: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left behind a mountain of government debt when she fled the country. These loans are mainly domestic and foreign. And this total debt amount is a little more than…

Reformation of banking sector necessary to restore discipline

Mahfuja Mukul: There was already extreme chaos in the country’s banking sector. Massive amount of defaulted loans, money laundering, lack of good governance, poor financial health of some banks, liquidity crisis in Islamic banks and weak…