Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes, including in them features of the July uprising, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported on Thursday, referring to the student-led protests that forced then......
A lawyer was killed on Tuesday during clashes between the security personnel and followers of a Hindu community leader, who was denied bail and sent to jail by a court in the port city of......
After Sheikh Hasina was toppled from power, a finger of suspicion was pointed at the Biden administration, which was known to be very unhappy with the then Bangladesh prime minister. The subsequent......
'The dominance of her party also meant that the institutions became lopsided -- whether it was the bureaucracy or the courts or the military.''She centralised power to the extent that you would see......
Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering political activist, but a doer destined to do what Mahatma Gandhi said -- to remove every tear from every eye,......
Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus's appeal petition against his removal from the Grameen Bank as 26 US Congressmen asked Prime......
Halo of a Nobel Prize no longer seems to adorn Dr Muhammad Yunus's head. The burden of controversy rests heavy on the shoulders of this legendary name of microfinance, the latest one being his......
The Naandi Foundation, based in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, seems similar to the plethora of local non-governmental organisations in India. Naandi, meaning "dawn" in Sanskrit, focuses on......
Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......