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31-point outlined for restoring voting rights

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The 31-point plan announced by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is a blueprint for restoring democracy and people's voting rights in Bangladesh, said Chattogram City Mayor Dr. Shaha... Read More


BOU VC elected council member of ACU

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Professor Dr. A. B. M. Obaidul Islam, the Honorable Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and a distinguished professor from the Department of Physics at the University ... Read More


Islami Bank appoints new MD

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Md Omar Faruk Khan has been appointed as managing director (MD) of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC on Sunday.Prior to this, he was serving as managing director (current charge) of the bank... Read More


BB mandates recording of dissenting opinions in board meetings

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The Bangladesh Bank has made it mandatory for all banks to accurately document board members' opinions, including any dissenting views (Notes of Dissent), in the minutes of board and ... Read More


Boeing defense workers set to strike

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defense industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike early Monday after rejecting a revised proposa... Read More


Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don't return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort... Read More


Russia to try suspects in concert hall attack

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The trial opens in Moscow on Monday of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people.RDArmed men stormed the Crocus City Hall... Read More


White House defends Bureau of Labor Statistics firing as critics warn of eroded trust

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump's action coul... Read More


China pushes back at US demands to stop buying Russian, Iranian oil

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand t... Read More


Hamas says no food privileges forhostages

Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday that Israeli hostages would not receive any "special privileges" in the food they are given compared to the rest of the Gazan populati... Read More