Forex reserve crosses $26b
The country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed US$ 26 billion mark for the first time as Bangladesh Bank’s purchase of US dollars from local banks surpassed US$ 1.14 billion between July 1 and August 17 of this financial year amid sluggish business activities.
Probir Sikdar sent to jail
A Faridpur court on Monday sent journalist Probir Sikdar to jail in a defamation case, while rights groups staged demonstrations protesting at his arrest and demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
PARACETAMOL SYRUP ADULTERATION: Six jailed for 10 years in each of 2 cases
The Drug Court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced six people to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years in each of two cases for adulteration of paracetamol syrup that reportedly caused the death of 76 children in 1992.
BCL man beats teenager to death
A teenage boy was beaten to death in the capital’s Hazaribagh area by a local Chhatra League leader for allegedly stealing a mobile phone set Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified Md Raja, 17, son of Babul Hossain, of 46, Ganaktuli, Hazaribagh, and a steel shop employee.
বঙ্গবন্ধুকে রক্ষায় সুবিধাভোগীরা এগিয়ে আসেননি
ছাত্রলীগ ফাউন্ডেশনের চেয়ারম্যান নূরে আলম সিদ্দিকী বলেছেন, বঙ্গবন্ধুকে তার ৩২ নম্বরের বাড়িতে ঘাতকরা হামলা করতে আসার পর অনেককে ফোন করে নিজের বিপদের কথা জানিয়ে তিনি তাদের বাইরে বের হয়ে আসার নির্দেশ দিয়েছিলেন। কিন্তু বঙ্গবন্ধু যাদের সুবিধা দিয়েছেন তাদের কেউ এগিয়ে আসেননি। গত শুক্রবার চ্যানেল আই-এর তৃতীয় মাত্রা টকশোতে অংশ নিয়ে তিনি এসব কথা বলেন।
Indonesian plane crash: Search resumes
Search and rescue teams resumed their efforts Monday after an Indonesian airliner crashed with 54 people on board.
Australian PM's gay sister: Marriage equality is a human right
Weddings can be a stressful time for any family.It's particularly the case for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and his sister, Christine Forster, who's engaged to her female partner and says she'd rather get married "sooner rather than later."
Chinese chemical blasts: 112 dead, 95 still missing
Luo Shuhui's home was 700 meters from the chemical plant that exploded last week, hurling fireballs into the sky.
'I am Batman,' Trump tells boy on helicopter ride
A helicopter landed here just after noon on Saturday, causing a short but violent windstorm. Large trees shivered; small ones bent nearly sideways. Dust swirled up from the parking lot, stinging the eyes of the onlookers.
Ready for any sacrifice to establish Bangabandhu’s ideals: PM
Asserting that she is ready for any sacrifice to establish Bangabandhu’s ideals, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she cared little about any conspiracy to derail her from establishing a poverty- and hunger-free ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt of by the Father of the Nation.
