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December 2, 2024

Distressed loans equal to cost of 22.5 Padma bridges

Distressed assets in the banking sector have reached a whooping Tk 6,75,030 crore, an amount bigger than the cost of building 22 bridges across the Padma or 13.5 metro rail systems in Dhaka, according to a White Paper released…

Tarique acquitted in two sedition cases in Sylhet

A Sylhet court today dismissed two sedition cases against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, acquitting him of the charges. Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court's Judge Sagir Ahmed dismissed the cases filed in 2014 by the then…

Come together for the challenging times ahead

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman has urged the nation to stand together to face the challenging times that lie ahead. "The country will have to overcome some difficult times. We will all work together to help the country…

Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks of presidency

US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles. "No reasonable person who looks at…

Syria’s Aleppo slips from govt control

Syria's second-largest city Aleppo has fallen from government control for the first time since the country's conflict began more than a decade ago, a war monitor said yesterday, after a surprise advance by rebels. An…

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