Market-driven interest rate returns after four years
After a gap of four years, the banking sector in Bangladesh has returned to a market-driven interest rate regime at the prescription of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in order to step up its fight against elevated level of inflation.The central bank also raised the policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5 percent, aiming…
I will build the rainbow nation of everyone’s desire: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir commented that ‘we will build the rainbow nation of our desire with people of all religions and ideologies’. He exchanged views with people of different communities including Hindus, Buddhists, Christians at the political office of BNP Chairperson in Gulshan on Friday afternoon. Mirza Fakhrul said this in a…
Kazi Nazrul Islam: The most important Bengali speaking Muslim after Palashi
Mir Salman Shamil In the 19th century, a big event happened in Bengali language. During this period the scholars and clergy of Fort William College gave birth to modern Bengali prose. Bengali grammar and Bengali dictionary were written, novels, dramas, tragedies, sonnets started to be written in Bengali literature on the model of English literature….
54 Bangladeshis returned home from war zone Lebanon
The first batch of 54 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from the war zone in Lebanon has reached the country. The plane carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6 pm on Monday. The group consists of 54 people including 26 men, 20 women, six children and two newborns. Last Sunday at 10:50 PM, the…
Benazir-Aziz A. None of the League: Obaidul Quader
General Secretary of Awami League and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said, ‘Benazir and Aziz are not members of Awami League, we did not make them. Sheikh Hasina’s government has the honest courage to prosecute their corruption. He said this at a representative meeting at the Dhaka district Awami League office in…
Announcement of the program to demand the resignation of the President: Coordinator Hannan
Abdul Hannan Masood, coordinator of anti-discrimination student movement, said that the street program will be announced soon to demand the resignation of the president. He said this to reporters after filing a case at Shahbag police station on Monday (October 21) against Sheikh Hasina and Chhatra League leaders for allegedly attacking ordinary students in Dhaka…