Dismal beginning for export sector in FY 2016-17
Country’s export earnings in July, the first month of the current financial year 2016-17, fell by 3.49 per cent to $2.53 billion compared with that of $2.62 billion in the same month of the FY 2015-16.
Foreigners held with fake currencies in city
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested 10 people including nine foreigners along with huge amount of counterfeit notes and fake currency-making materials in Bashundhara residential area in the capital Sunday night.
Ethnic minorities fear eviction in Madhupur
Ethnic minorities are in fear of eviction following a gazette notification issued declaring 9,145 acres of Madhupur Forest lands in Tangail reserve forest and have alleged that the government has made the decision keeping them in dark.
Will Japanese Emperor Akihito step down in rare televised speech?
Japanese Emperor Akihito will take to the country's airwaves Monday to deliver a rare televised speech.
Thailand votes in favor of new constitution, preliminary results show
Thai voters have approved a new draft constitution, the country's election commission said Sunday evening.
Kasich: Trump Jr. called aide to float VP offer
Ohio Gov. John Kasich still isn't ready to support Donald Trump for president -- but he confirmed that one of his aides was contacted about possibly joining the real estate mogul's ticket as his vice president.
Report: George P. Bush urges Republicans to back Trump
Jeb Bush is resolutely #NeverTrump but his son, George P. Bush, no longer is.
Banks’ consumer loans double to Tk 50,508cr in 2 years
Outstanding amount of banks’ consumer loans almost doubled in two years, surpassing Tk 50,000 crore as of March 31, 2016 as the country’s business sector has been going through a dull situation in recent years amid political uncertainty and delicate law and order situation.
GAS TARIFF HIKE: Govt goes against national interest, creates artificial crisis of gas: speakers
Slamming a government plan to raise gas prices to match with international price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas that will be imported, speakers suggested that the government should explore unexplored and abandoned gas fields to meet the home demand for this natural resource.
Ruling class consider CHT as colony: Santu Larma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, widely known as Santu Larma, on Sunday said that the ruling class still considered the Chittagong Hill Tracts as a colony and continued colonial rule there.
