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Former general Masud Uddin remanded for 5 days in trafficking, graft case

Dhaka, March 24 -- A court has granted a five-day remand for retired three-star general Masud Uddin Chowdhury in connection with a case involving alleged embezzlement of Tk 240 billion and human traff... Read More


Police to question former general Masud Uddin on trafficking, graft charges

Dhaka, March 24 -- A Dhaka court has remanded retired three-star general Masud Uddin Chowdhury into a five-day police custody in connection with a case involving alleged embezzlement of Tk 240 billion... Read More


Afghan Taliban agrees to release US detainee Dennis Coyl

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday it has decided to release US detainee Dennis Coyl in response to a request from his mother. "The foreign minister said that after a le... Read More


Afghan Taliban to release US detainee Dennis Coyle after plea from his mother

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday that it has decided to release US detainee Dennis Coyle in response to a request from his mother, weeks after Washington censured Afgha... Read More


PM Tarique orders Tk 1mn loans for students going abroad

Dhaka, March 24 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment to arrange loans of up to Tk 1 million for students and workers heading abroa... Read More


Dhaka stocks resume post-Eid with 68-point slide as energy crisis bites

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has returned from a week-long Eid-ul-Fitr break on a somber note, with the benchmark index sliding 68 points on the first trading day of the week. Th... Read More


World Economic Forum postpones meeting planned in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia says

Dhaka, March 24 -- The World Economic Forum has postponed a meeting that had been due to take place in Saudi Arabia next month on global collaboration, growth and energy "in light of current regional ... Read More


Ex-general Masud to face legal action after 'investigation' over torturing politicians: police

Dhaka, March 24 -- Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a retired three-star Army general who rose to prominence during the 2007-08 caretaker government, will face the consequences in case he is proven to be involv... Read More


Aviation sector braced for impact as Bangladesh fuel costs dwarf regional rates

Dhaka, March 24 -- The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of jet fuel by nearly 80 percent for both domestic and international routes, drawing sharp backlash from t... Read More


India's largest-ever IPOs ahead of Ambani's Jio offering

Dhaka, March 24 -- Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's AI-to-telecoms arm Reliance Jio Platforms is gearing up for a stock offering which could be India's biggest-ever. In November, investment bank Je... Read More