Good governance, transparency, democracy must for stable growth: seminar
Speakers at a seminar on Saturday stressed the need for good governance, transparency in public spending, proper utilisation of the budgetary resources and the presence of a government elected in acceptable polls for sustainable economic growth as well as stability.
Top 300 loan defaulters named in JS
A list of 300 top loan defaulters under all the banks and financial institutions of the country’s public and private sector involving bad loans amounting to Tk 50,942 crore was revealed in the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday.
Awami League’s 70th founding anniversary today
The ruling Awami League will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary today.
Bangladesh on Tier 2 Watch List for failure to curb trafficking-in-persons
Bangladesh has been put on Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year in the wake of the government not meeting the minimum standards of trafficking elimination, according to the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2019, released on Thursday.
Banned food products not pulled back yet
Many of the banned food items ordered to have been withdrawn from the market for being harmful to health 12 days ago were still being sold.
Inside Trump's Iran decision: 'I really watched him agonize over this'
The tension between President Donald Trump's bellicose rhetoric and his non-interventionist foreign policy instincts was on full display Thursday afternoon as he huddled in the Situation Room.
The Istanbul race is personal for Erdoğan. The result could transform Turkey
On a recent afternoon at a coffee house in the Istanbul neighborhood where Turkey's president grew up, Güngör Saytuğ was ruminating on his old friend's rise to power.
Anti-extradition protesters flood streets of Hong Kong
Thousands of demonstrators blockaded police headquarters on Friday as Asia’s leading financial centre braced itself for a third weekend of mass protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis.
Mahathir vows to help Rohingyas bound for Malaysia
Malaysia’s prime minister on Friday vowed to help Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in Malaysia, reiterating the call for Southeast Asian leaders to ‘stop the oppression’ of the stateless minority group expelled from Myanmar.
Rajuk estimates scrap value after receiving quotations
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is estimating scrap value of 15-storey BGMEA building although five firms have already submitted tenders in response to its invitation in April for demolishing the building illegally standing on Hatirjheel.
