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Islami Bank board to be dissolved

The Bangladesh Bank has announced its decision to dissolve the board of directors of Islami Bank in the coming days and place all shares owned by S Alam Group and its affiliates under government control. Governor Dr. Ahsan H Mansur made these announcements during a press conference on Wednesday, stating that a new board of directors will soon be formed for Islami Bank. In the meantime, independent directors from S Alam's other six banks will be temporarily moved to Islami Bank. Dismissed directors...

Yunus seeks UK help to recover laundered money

Interim Government Chief Adviser Dr. Yunus sought the British government's assistance in recovering the money that has been smuggled from Bangladesh to the UK while British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Sarah Cook, met him at the State Guest House Jamuna. Following the meeting, the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, briefed journalists at the Foreign Service Academy. Shafiqul Alam stated, "We are aware, through various global institutions, that during Sheikh Hasina's government...

ISPR terms Indian newspaper report ‘motivated and misleading’

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) protested the report published in different media outlets with tiled "Army Chief faces angst by young army officers at a meeting of that day". In a rejoinder on Tuesday, ISPR said that the news published merely based on a report in the Indian Newspaper "The Week" which was motivated and misleading. It is advisable to contact ISPR for accurate presentation of any internal information related to army affairs, an ISPR press release said here today. In fact, the meeting was ...

Papon steps down, Faruque becomes BCB president

Ending all speculations, Nazmul Hassan Papon stepped down from his role as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president today. The decision of his resignation came from the BCB's emergency meeting today, held at the conference room of the Youth and Sports Ministry. Former chief selector Faruque Ahmed was elected as new BCB president, the board's media department confirmed. In a message sent through whatsapp, the board's media department termed Faruque Ahmed as newly elected president and informed that he will hold a press conference...

Accidental revolutionaries topple Hasina — What’s Next?

Bangladesh has experienced its most consequential political event in at least two decades. On June 6, one day after Bangladesh’s high court reinstated the country’s job quota system that favored descendants of the 1971 liberation war, about 500 students gathered at Dhaka University to demand its repeal. Two months later, on August 5, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had governed  for 15 years, abdicated power and fled the country as a coalition of Bangladeshi students, political opponents and ordinary citizens marched...
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