A Chattogram court once again placed Abir Ali, the suspected killer of seven-year-old girl Ayat, on a seven-day remand on Monday. The court passed the order when police produced Abir before Judge Mohammad Abdul Halim of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court upon expiry of his 2-day remand, said Selim Ullah Chowdhury,
Author: United News of Bangladesh
Govt working on IMF conditions to get $4.5b loan
The government has started implementing some of the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) in the financial and energy sectors ahead of the global lender's board meeting to discuss Bangladesh's $4.5 billion loan request, according to sources at the finance ministry. As part of this, the interest cap
Jailing BNP leaders is a ploy to cross election hurdle: Fakhrul
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Netherlands overpower Senegal with last-minute goals
Bangladesh has changed a lot under AL govt: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that her Awami League party's stay in power for three consecutive terms has helped Bangladesh change a lot and develop towards prosperity. "We have to advance more as a developing country and become a developed one," she said. "I have formulated that plan.
Those against caretaker govt are public enemies: Fakhrul
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BNP’s Rally: Cue for Sylhet transport bodies to strike
Bus owners of Sylhet and Moulvibazar have called strikes from November 18 to 20, surrounding the BNP's divisional rally."Our strike will begin at 6am on November 19 and end at 6am on November 20 for the ban on movement of illegal three-wheelers and battery-driven auto-rickshaws on highways," Sylhet District Bus
Studying abroad made tough as banks stopped opening student files
Bangladeshi students who want to create bank profiles, in order to go abroad for higher studies, cannot do this due to a foreign exchange crisis, students and bank officials have said. Several students and bank officials have confirmed to UNB that the situation arose following restrictions on opening LC and