National

Banks tell BB single-digit rates not possible now

Shawdesh Desk: Top executives of banks on Sunday informed Bangladesh Bank that bringing down the interest rates to single digit would not be possible now considering the liquidity situation in

DIG Mizan shown arrested in bribery case

Shawdesh Desk: Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman has been shown arrested in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe. Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of

PM disapproves immediate legal step against Priya

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has disapproved a planned government initiative to expose Priya Saha to seditioncharges ahead of obtaining her explanation about her comments during an interaction with US president

Sajeeb finds US embassy’s ulterior motive in Preo Bala episode

Prime minister’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed on Sunday said the US Embassy in Dhaka was the one that had an ‘ulterior motive’ mentioning that they picked Preo Bala Biswas,

Government to ask Preo Bala to show evidence: HM

Shawdesh Desk: Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday rejected allegations made by a Bangladeshi NGO official Preo Bala Biswas to US president Donald Trump over ‘disappearance’ and rights abuse of

Flood worsens in central Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands of flood victims remained hungry and vulnerable to waterborne diseases like diarrhoea as relief supplies were far less than enough to meet their basic demand of food

Another body recovered from Patuatuli building

Shawdesh Desk: Rescuers recovered the body of another man from the rubble of a two-storied building that caved in on Wednesday afternoon in Old Dhaka’s Patuatuli. The body was retrieved

Nationwide drive to curb mosquito menace July 25-31: LGRD minister

Shawdesh Desk: The government will conduct countrywide drives from July 25 to 31 in a bid to prevent mosquitos from breeding and to eradicate larvae of mosquitos in order to