Higher GDP growth fails to translate into lower bad loans: BIBM
An increase in the gross domestic product (GDP) reduces non-performing loans in advanced economies, but it has no such impact on the bad loans in Bangladesh, found a study of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM). growth The BIBM presented the report...
Take proper action against social diseases: PM to Admin officers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the administration cadre officers to build a nice society taking proper measures against different social diseases like rape, terrorism, militancy and corruption, without considering the identities and political...
‘Second wave’ in Dhaka mask market too
Wholesaler Sadul Marin buys masks from Babubazar in Dhaka and supplies these to shops in Narayanganj. On Wednesday too he went to Babubazar and within an hour bought 5,000 masks for TK 10,100. At around 3:00pm, after buying the masks, Sadul Matin told Prothom Alo that...
Top News of the hour
TOP NEWS OF THE HOUR
HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
PM expresses gratitude to countrymen for AL’s landslide victory
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today expressed heartfelt gratitude to the countrymen for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections, pledging that she will continue to serve them for their well being. “Serving the...
Killers, corrupt elements unite against govt: PM
DHAKA: Mentioning that killers, money-launderers and usurers forged unity against the Awami League government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. The premier was addressing a civic reception hosted in her...
Police implicates dead man of BNP for ‘cocktail blast’
The police has recently sued Abdul Azizullah, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Old Dhaka, who died in May 2016, for an incident that allegedly took place only this month. According to the case statement, Azizullah, along with other party men,...
Housewife ‘burnt to death’
A housewife, who suffered burn injuries allegedly inflicted by her in-laws at Nardahi Charpara village in Kalihati upazila of Tangail early Wednesday, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased is Shapla...
US condemns attacks on protesters
The United States (US) on Sunday condemned attack on student protestors demanding safe roads. US Embassy said “nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence” over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising...
No dialogue with BNP as they celebrate fake birthday: Quader
DHAKA – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the question of holding dialogue with BNP does not arise at all unless the party does not offer apology for observing fake birthday on August 15, the day of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
Daily Think Tank & Human Rights Review
News Video
Advertisement
