“I believe my husband. I believe my husband."

The World Bank (WB) yesterday committed to providing Bangladesh with $2 billion over the next three years in fresh funding to help the nation tackle and adapt the negative impacts of climate change.

The High Court yesterday declared illegal a mobile court verdict that sentenced a Tangail schoolboy to two years' imprisonment last month for allegedly threatening a local ruling party lawmaker via Facebook.

The government took action against irregularities in the rice distribution scheme launched a little over a month ago for the ultra poor, including jail sentence, arrest and cancellation of dealerships of those responsible.

It is indeed a good initiative meant to serve the ultra poor. But the government scheme -- to sell rice at Tk 10 per kilogram to 50 lakh poor households across the country -- has been tainted by irregularities. From well-off landowners to businessmen, political leaders to government officials and teachers to expatriates are among the beneficiaries of this safety net programme.

“The World Bank is one of our leading development partners. I hope it will play a more proactive role in our endeavours.”

A major incident causing tragic loss of lives can happen almost anywhere in the world but whenever that happens in our country, more often than not, the causes can be attributed to the shockingly poor governance of our country.

BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman “absconded, and avoided the trial for money laundering wilfully”, said the High Court in its full verdict in the case in which he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and fined Tk 20 crore.

The World Bank yesterday pledged to provide Bangladesh with $1 billion over the next three years to combat malnutrition of children.

Sultana Begum was losing her patience. With her husband on a trolley, she was waiting for an ambulance at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital's gate since around 11:30am yesterday.

“I firmly believe that within BIMSTEC we should be able to strengthen our cooperation to address terrorism and the rise of violent extremism.”

The 19-year-old driver of the ambulance that ran over and killed four people inside Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday was placed on police remand for a day yesterday.

Two years ago Abul Kashem of Agargaon area in the capital bought a rickety microbus for Tk 10 lakh. It had two owners before.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged BIMSTEC leaders to find out the mentors, masterminds, abettors, financiers, arms suppliers and trainers of terrorists and extremists to defeat terrorism.

One might call it a “mini Saarc summit" as leaders of five out of the eight member states of the regional association gathered in Goa of India for BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach meet and voiced against terrorism and focused on connectivity.

Terrorism and Teesta river water-sharing issues came up for discussion as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Goa last night.

“Today's traffic jam came as a curse on the most auspicious day of my life. I lost around five golden hours in the street. I am stunned. No word to express my frustration."

Four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and three others injured when an ambulance ran them over inside Dhaka Medical

China has committed soft loans for more than two dozen projects, but the total amount that would be provided was not specified as

Bangladesh needs to be very balanced in its approach in going forward with India and China with the correct economic and foreign policy to become a middle-income country by 2021, foreign and strategic affairs experts have said.