Modi set to return after landslide win
Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi vowed an ‘inclusive’ future for all Indians on Thursday after a landslide election victory that crushed the Gandhi dynasty’s comeback hopes once again.
Rahul Gandhi concedes personal defeat in family bastion
Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, conceded Thursday he had lost his seat in the famous family’s long-held home constituency.
Hasina greets Modi
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and extended heartiest congratulations to him on his party’s landslide victory in the Indian general elections.
52 SUBSTANDARD FOOD PRODUCTS HC summons BFSA chair
The High Court on Thursday rebuked Bangladesh Food Safety Authority chairman Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque and asked him to appear before it on June 16 to explain his failure to remove and destroy 52 substandard food products of 43 companies.ps.
Home ministry for restricting travel permit issuance
The home ministry has urged the foreign ministry to stop issuing travel permit to any expatriate without its consent in order to prevent arrival of any ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ or ‘unwanted’ person in Bangladesh.
VAT COLLECTION Discretionary powers to be cut
The discretionary powers of the tax enforcers are likely to be cut in the upcoming fiscal year as part of the National Board of Revenue’s strategy to implement the much-vaunted value added tax law.
BNP, allies planning to use current issues for mass movement after Eid
Country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies are planning to cash in on the contemporary issues such as low paddy prices, non-payment of jute workers’ dues, violence
Tillerson quietly meets with House lawmakers to discuss Trump
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson quietly met with the top Democrat and Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday for an interview that focused primarily on his time in the Trump administration, a congressional aide with direct knowledge of the discussion confirmed to
Huawei could be the first big casualty of China's clash with America
In little over 30 years, Huawei has gone from scrappy startup to China's most successful global consumer brand. Now it could become the first big casualty of an escalating fight with America over trade and the future of technology.
Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens in Indian village
Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a time when their children played with Hindu youths, and people from either faith chatted when the frequented each other’s shops and went to festivals together.
