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Tk 818.63b loans written off till March 2025

Staff Correspondent: The cumulative written-off loans in Bangladesh’s banking sector rose to over Tk 818.63 billion until March 2025, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. State-owned commercial banks accounted

Tarique questions ‘govt silence’ over Mitford brutality

Staff Correspondent: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday questioned whether the attackers, clearly seen on video fatally assaulting a scrap trader in front of Mitford Hospital, have not yet

Economist Abul Barkat sent to jail in Tk297cr embezzlement case

Staff Correspondent: Renowned Economist and former chairman of Janata Bank Abul Barkat has been sent to jail in connection with a Tk297 crore embezzlement case involving Anontex Group. Following a

Rizvi slams move to make July Charter a core principle

Staff Correspondent: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday described the call to include the July Charter in core principles of the Constitution as “misleading”. “BNP has

Torrential rains wreak havoc on 72,000 hectares of cropland

TDS Desk: Crops on about 72,000 hectares of land in different districts were damaged due to the low pressure formed in the Bay of Bengal and heavy rains, triggered by

1.5 lakh Rohingyas entered Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has over the past 18 months registered the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees since the mass exodus of Myanmar’s largely Muslim minority nearly a decade ago, the