Bangladesh has agreed to give Sri Lanka loans of at least $200 million from the foreign exchange reserves under a currency swap deal.This is the first time Bangladesh is giving loans to another country from the reserves by swapping currency.Analysts see no risk in the process, but warned it may get difficult to get back the money some times.Serajul Islam, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Bank, said on Tuesday that it approved the decision in principle to help the South...
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The court has ordered everyone to act “responsibly” while granting bail to Prothom Alo’s Senior Reporter Rozina Islam in a case filed under the antiquated Official Secrets Act on charges of “stealing” government documents.On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah granted the bail on two conditions: a Tk 5,000 bond and the surrender of her passport.“The judge said in the bail order that everyone has specific responsibility towards the state, society and the judiciary,” Ashraf Ul Alam, one of the...
Two school teachers have died while accompanying a patient to a hospital after a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck travelling on the wrong lane in Narayanganj.The patient and two others were injured in the accident which occurred on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Nayabari around 7 am Saturday, according to the police.The dead were identified as 42-year-old Humayun Kabir, a primary school teacher in Cumilla’s Titas Upazila, and 32-year-old Faruk Hossain, a kindergarten school teacher in the same...
The government has locked down five Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar following the spread of coronavirus infections.The restrictions imposed on the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf on Friday will continue until further notice, said Additional Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shamsud Douza Nayan.“Residents can’t travel outside their camps as long as the lockdown is on. They are barred from going out, except for emergency food and medical help.”Both local and foreign aid agencies have been ordered to limit their...
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has said it will investigate the case started against Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam under the Official Secrets Act in a fair and impartial manner. On May 17, Rozina was confined to a room of the Secretariat’s Health Services Division for more than five hours over allegations of spiriting away important government documents and taking photos of the papers.She was later taken to Shahbagh Police Station in the evening. Deputy Secretary of...
Namrata Talukdar Orpa completed her postgraduate degree from Dhaka University in 2020, but it’s a long road ahead for her to get the job she wants. She is frustrated by the suspension of the hiring process amid the coronavirus pandemic that upended lives and livelihoods across Bangladesh.“I think we are the ones facing the worst situation. Our results are out already, but there are no employment opportunities,” Namrata said.She is one of the job seekers in Bangladesh, who worry about...
The Water Development Board has expressed concerns about flooding in the low-lying areas of Bagerhat, a southwestern district, as Cyclone Yaas raises the water level of local rivers and streams.The water levels of the main rivers and streams in the district were two to three feet higher than normal on Tuesday afternoon, said Executive Engineer Biswajit Baidya.“Work on a dam under the Sharankhola sub-project is nearing completion,” he said. “The dams in three other polders aren’t in particular danger.”“We are...
The Rapid Action Batallion has arrested Inamul Hasan Faruqi, an aide to Hefazat-e Islam chief Junaid Babunagari.Faruqi, the publicity secretary of the radical group’s Hathazari Upazila chapter, was responsible for maintaining liaison with the media and would also issue statements on behalf of Babunagari. He was arrested from the Fatehabad Bara Dighi area of Chattogram’s Hathazari late Friday, RAB-7 Commander Lt Col Mashiur Rahman Jewel said.On the reasons for the arrest, Mashiur said, “He is an accused in the Shah...
A young man whom his family reported to the police as abducted has returned home to his village in Narayanganj after 14 years.Now aged 22, the man, who identified himself only as Rubel, said he ran away from home when he was a child because his mother was violent with him if he didn’t do his chores.Rubel is the son of Janu Miah, who lives in the Sadar Upazila’s Kurerpar area. His return to the village on Thursday evening caused...
Country has registered 1,457 new cases of coronavirus infection in a day, taking the tally to 785,194.The death toll from COVID-19 rose by 36 in a 24-hour count to 12,284, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.Another 1,378 people recovered from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the tally of recoveries to 727,510.As many as 19,437 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 7.5...
Parliament will go into session for the presentation of the national budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year on Jun 3.A pre-budget session will be held at 5pm on Jun 2 before Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presents the budget proposal the following day.President Md Abdul Hamid called for the budget session on May 3.Budget sessions are usually long, but due to the pandemic crisis, this year’s session will be shorter like last year.Officials at the Parliament Secretariat said strict health...
After a long journey from Japan to India, the first six cars of the Dhaka metro rail have marked their...
