Bangladesh Bank has dissolved the board of directors of United Commercial Bank (UCB), Union Bank and Global Islami Bank, which had also been controlled by the S Alam Group. The central bank has appointed new board members to oversee each bank’s operations. The newly constituted board includes representatives from independent directors, signalling a shift towards improved governance. BB formed a ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was acquitted from a defamation case filed in Gopalganj on 2014. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Bhuiyan issued the acquittal order on Tuesday (August 27) afternoon. According to the case details, on December 17, 2014, accusations were made that Tarique Rahman had made derogatory remarks about the Awami League. Following this, ...

Ingredients: Mango puree 2 cup Grated coconut 1 cup Condensed milk ½ cup Milk powder ¼ cup Ghee 2 tbs Dry fruits (for garnishing) Desiccated coconut (forgarnishing) Method: Blend the mango puree with grated coconut. In a pan put ghee and add the blended mixture in it. Stir it for 2 minutes. Add condensed milk in it. Mix it very ...

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Aleksander Mantytsky on Tuesday said Russia would continue to support Bangladesh in international arena. He made the comment as he made a courtesy call on Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka, reports BSS. During the meeting, he discussed the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, which ...

A plea has been submitted to a court in Dhaka seeking to place Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president and former information minister Hasanul Huq Inu on a 10-day remand in connection with a murder case filed at New Market Police Station in the capital. The hearing on remand is scheduled to take place at Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider’s ...

Around 56,19,372 people are affected and 27 people died till Tuesday in 11 districts in the ongoing flood. Farooq-e-Azam, adviser to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs, gave this information at a press conference at the Secretariat on Tuesday (August 27). “Total 11 districts across the country are affected by the recent flood till now, where more than ...

Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan can continue playing for the national cricket team until courts found him guilty, according to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). BCB president Faruque Ahmed made the remarks while he was addressing to a Bangla daily reports on Tuesday. BCB President Faruk Ahmed said, “Our decision regarding Shakib remains unchanged. He will continue to play as ...

The United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday expressed their keen interest to help Bangladesh reform its banking and revenue sectors alongside the capital market. The interest surfaced as the UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke called on Finance Adviser to the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed at his Economic Relations Division (ERD) office in the city, report BSS. After the ...

A Bangladeshi man sustained bullet injury in firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Sylhet’s Companiganj border on Monday night. The man was identified as Md Nizam Uddin, son of Alauddin, a resident of Bijoypara village under Uttar Ronikhai union in the upazila. He has been undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Locals said that smugglers ...

The 48th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered for his limitless contributions to Bangla literature, is being observed in a befitting manner across the country on Tuesday. Also celebrated as the ‘Rebel Poet’, Kazi Nazrul Islam is considered a pioneer in Bangla literature. Marking his 48th death anniversary, several organisations and institutions are holding multiple programmes ...