MH370: Amid wait for plane part analysis, islanders search for more debris
Steve Wang still listens sometimes to the last voice mail his mother left for him before she boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Investment in savings tools sets record at Tk 28,733cr in FY15
The net investment in the national savings certificates and bonds hit a new record at Tk 28,732.64 crore in the last financial year as clients continued to invest heavily in the tools in June despite interest rate cut by the government in late May.
Hearing on Zia trust graft cases adjourned till August 10
A court here on Monday adjourned till August 10 for the next hearing on Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Anwar, Aman, Mintoo surrender before courts
Senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders MK Anwar, Amanullah Aman and Abdul Awal Mintoo surrendered before separate Dhaka courts in separate cases of arson attacks and vandalism.
Family, celebrities, drama at funeral for Bobbi Kristina Brown
Family and friends said goodbye Saturday to Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, at a private funeral just north of Atlanta.
UK plane crash kills members of bin Laden family, police say
Three members of Osama bin Laden's family were among four people killed in a small plane crash in southern England, British police said.
Italian police seize money from Snoop Dogg at airport
Snoop Dogg left Italy $205,000 lighter on Saturday after police seized money from him at an airport in Calabria.
Poorly-coordinated policies, political instability affecting investment
Experts and businesses at a discussion on Saturday said lack of political stability and poorly-coordinated government policies were the major problems for boosting the country’s investment. They said persistent uncertainty on the political front, increasing corruption and outdated policies were hurting the investment scenario and an immediate government attention to the issues was needed to achieve 8 per cent growth.
No change in BNP’s stand on election-time neutral govt: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday said that her party had not changed its stand on holding of election under a neutral government. ‘We want to contest election, but that election has to be held under a neutral government,’ she said at an opinion exchange meeting with newly elected BNP-backed office bearers of Rajshahi Bar Association at her Gulshan office.
AUG 15 KILLINGS : Objective was to take revenge for defeat of Pakistan: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that the main objective of August 15, 1975 killings was to take revenge for the defeat of the Pakistani occupation forces in the War of Independence and for the establishment of a new country, Bangladesh.
