Poet Asad bin Hafiz is no more

He passed away under treatment in a private hospital at 12:55 pm on Sunday. Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raziun. The news of the death was confirmed by the poet’s younger son Ahmad Shamil. The first prayer of the deceased will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque today Monday after Zohar. Later, he will…

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Dubious reward for a select few

NRB Commercial (NRBC) Bank has often made headlines for alleged money laundering, loan irregularities, over-expenditure and recruitment anomalies. In 2017, Bangladesh Bank had to intervene to dissolve the bank’s board and remove its managing director Dewan Mujibur Rahman over a loan scandal involving Tk 700 crore. The then chairman Farasath Ali had to resign from…

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