4 top officials resign from scam-hit central bank

Four top officials of Bangladesh Bank (BB) resigned on Monday after they were found guilty of allowing Salman F Rahman to get USD 30 million from the Export Development Fund (EDF) just a day before former prime minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country. One of the deputy governors,

DU VC, seven hall provosts resign

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Maksud Kamal along with provosts of seven halls submitted their resignations reportedly on Saturday. The provosts of Rokeya Hall, Shamsun Nahar Hall, Bijoy Ekattor Hall, Bangabandhu Hall, Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall, Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall and Salimullah Muslim Hall resigned. Earlier on Friday, a group

Haiti PM has agreed to resign

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign and make way for a transitional authority, the president of Guyana and a US official said Monday after a regional meeting on a gang uprising that has plunged Haiti into violent chaos. Henry, an unelected leader who took power right before Haiti's

PM’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy resigns

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has resigned from his post. His resignation has been accepted by the Prime Minister on November 21, according to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office. Earlier this morning, the resignation letters of three technocrat ministers and three advisers to the Prime Minister were accepted. The

Hasina must step down, dissolve parliament: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their stance is clear that no election will be held under Sheikh Hasina government and she has to resign and dissolve parliament before polls."She has to hand over power to a caretaker government. That neutral government will hold a free

House won’t be dissolved if BNP MPs resign: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said the country’s parliament will not be dissolved if BNP lawmakers resign. “If they (BNP MPs) resign, there will be nothing in the House,” he told a meeting at the AL League President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in the city’s Dhanmondi area on the

Who could become UK’s new PM?

Here are the main contenders confirmed or expected to run to succeed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, after she announced her resignation on Thursday: - Rishi Sunak – Former chancellor of the exchequer Sunak secured the support of the 100 Conservative MPs needed to stand in the contest on Friday and formally