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

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged the government is plotting to cross the hurdles of the next election easily by promptly jailing senior leaders of their party in 'false' cases and making them unfit for polls like its Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Speaking at a huge public

Utilize your expertise for development: President urges NDC graduate

Times President M Abdul Hamid today asked the graduates of National Defence Course (NDC) and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) to create their own identity at national and international level by making significant contributions to their respective fields. "I hope the graduates of this prestigious course would be able to

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

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Saturday said the government's "threats" will not work this time as countrymen will not return home "until their voting rights are restored". Speaking at the divisional rally in Sylhet, he also said election must be held under a non-partisan caretaker government and warned

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