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Taskforce recommends splitting 'inefficient' Biman Bangladesh in two

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Labelling Biman Bangladesh Airlines an "inefficient" organisation, Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud has indicated that proposals to bring in foreign management or entities to manage... Read More


Is such student politics found in any civilised country? asks taskforce chief

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A taskforce formed to redefine economic strategies for equitable, sustainable development and secure necessary resources has called for an end to the current trend of student politics... Read More


Heavy fog: 6 flights to Dhaka land in Kolkata, Sylhet

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Six flights bound for Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport have been diverted to India's Kolkata and Sylhet due to heavy fog, according to the airport's Executive Director Group Ca... Read More


Manik, Salman, Anisul, Dipu Moni among nine remanded

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- A Dhaka court has remanded nine suspects, including former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former education minister Dipu Moni, advisor to Sheikh Hasina Salman F Rahman, and f... Read More


Titumir students suspend street protest for university status

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Students have suspended their paralysing street protest demanding Government Titumir College be upgraded to a university following assurances from the education ministry. Aminul Isla... Read More


BASIC Bank loan fraud: Court orders further probe into 14 cases

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The Dhaka Special Judge Court No.1 has ordered a further investigation into 14 of the 59 cases filed against Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and others on charges of embezzling and laundering... Read More


Titumir College students block rail line in Mohakhali

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Students from Government Titumir College have blocked the rail line in Dhaka's Mohakhali in addition to blocking the road to press for their demand to upgrade the institution into an ... Read More


July Uprising injured protesters crowd outside Chief Advisor Yunus' residence

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Injured protesters from the July uprising have massed outside chief advisor's official residence Jamuna on Dhaka's Minto Road, breaking through police barricades at midnight. Anti-di... Read More


TIN holders not filing returns will receive notices from NBR, says chairman

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has begun issuing notices to individuals who hold a Taxpayer Identification Number, or TIN, but have not filed returns for an extended period, N... Read More


5 attackers 'gang-raped' teenage girl, dumped body in Hatirjheel after murder

Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- A 13-year-old girl abducted from Dhaka's Dakshinkhan was gang-raped and killed by five attackers, police say after recovering her decomposed body from Hatirjheel. The girl, an eighth... Read More