Bangladesh still needs to do a lot for financial inclusion: Máxima
Appreciating Bangladesh’s progress in terms of financial inclusion, Dutch Queen Máxima on Tuesday said the country still needed to do a lot to ‘accelerate’ financial inclusion bringing unbanked poor people under financial services.
Bhashani remembered as pioneer of independence
Political parties from both ruling and opposition camps paid tribute to the memory of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani marking his 39th death anniversary on Tuesday. At a discussion, some of them alleged that a quarter was trying to remove the name of Bhashani from history.
'France is at war,' President Francois Hollande says after Paris attacks
Declaring that "France is at war," President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed sweeping new laws and more spending on public safety in response to Friday's terror attacks in Paris -- promising to eradicate terrorism, but not at the expense of his country's freedom.
Who is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected ringleader of the Paris terror attack?
The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks has been on the counterterrorism radar for some time.
Widow of Beirut bomb attack hero Adel Termos: 'He made us proud'
The family of a man hailed as a hero for tackling a suspected ISIS suicide bomber during an attack in Beirut on Thursday, at the cost of his own life, say they feel immense pride at his actions.
Inside the Obama-Putin power huddle
It is a curious thing, at a summit as big as the G-20, to see world leaders just mingling together in their downtime between sessions.
U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea, the first time the head of the international body will visit the reclusive state in over two decades, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
Khaleda to be arrested on her return: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be arrested if she returns home from London on charge of embezzling orphans money.
49 banks at risk of facing new defaulted loans of Tk 5,570cr
Bangladesh Bank has assessed that 49 banks are at risk of facing up to Tk 5,570.14 crore in fresh non-performing loans at the end of this year.
PM meets president, reaffirms stance against terrorism
President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday strongly denounced Paris attacks with the prime minister reaffirming her government’s strong stance against terrorism. The prime minister came up with the resolve against terrorism when she made a courtesy call on president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
