Bangladesh Bank declares four NBFIs non-viable, appoints administrators

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- Bangladesh Bank has declared four non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) non-viable and appointed administrators after years of irregularities and loan scandals pushed them towar... Read More

SSC results out Monday as 1.82m students await their grades

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- Results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams will be published Monday, with more than 1.82 million students awaiting their grades. The results ... Read More

Farhad Mazhar challenges 'romantic' Liberation War narrative

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- The Liberation War of 1971 was not the "romantic" story often told about it, writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar has said. He urged young people to pursue social change with hone... Read More

42 loan defaulters face 'money-laundering' probe over Tk 2bn debts

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- Bangladesh Bank has launched investigations into alleged money laundering by 42 companies that have defaulted on bank loans worth more than Tk 2 billion each. It has also instru... Read More

Pakistan MP on bail over Manchester rape allegations refuses to set return date: Guardian

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- A former Pakistani state minister arrested at Manchester airport on suspicion of child rape and trafficking has refused to say when he will return to the UK to face police questi... Read More

High Commissioner Trivedi says PM-to-PM dialogue can resolve India-Bangladesh problems

Bangladesh, Aug. 9 -- All outstanding issues between Bangladesh and India can be resolved if the prime ministers of both nations engage in direct talks, according to Dinesh Trivedi, the Indian high co... Read More

Biman sends fix-it team, parts for grounded Rome flight as passengers suffer

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Passengers of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Toronto to Dhaka have been left stranded in Rome after a technical fault forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing th... Read More

Dhaka-Chattogram high-speed rail link in the works, says home minister

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- The government plans to build a high-speed rail link between Dhaka and Chattogram, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said. He said the route, once realised, would cut travel ti... Read More

BNP shoulders duty to rescue Bangladesh from 'ruins', says Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused a faction of "scheming to sow instability" in Bangladesh. He said the Awami League left the nation in ruins, and th... Read More

Tarique hands out job letters to 10 July Uprising victims' families

Bangladesh, Aug. 8 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has handed job appointment letters to 10 members of families of those slain and injured in the July Uprising. He presented the letters at his Tejga... Read More

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