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Home minister inspects Teknaf land port amid year-long trade suspension
Home minister inspects Teknaf land port amid year-long trade suspension

Home minister inspects Teknaf land port amid year-long trade suspension

Trade activities through the Teknaf land port in Cox's Bazar on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border have remained suspended for nearly a year, causing frustration among local traders and stakeholders. Amid this situation, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed visited the port on Tuesday morning, April 14.

Six-member cabinet committee formed to tackle energy, power crisis
Six-member cabinet committee formed to tackle energy, power crisis

Six-member cabinet committee formed to tackle energy, power crisis

The government has formed a six-member high-level cabinet committee to tackle the crisis in the energy and power sectors amid the global situation created by the Middle East conflict. A notification in this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on April 9 and was published on the division's website on Monday, April 13.

TIB calls Bank Resolution Act amendment 'suicidal' for banking sector
TIB calls Bank Resolution Act amendment 'suicidal' for banking sector

TIB calls Bank Resolution Act amendment 'suicidal' for banking sector

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has described the initiative to allow former shareholders of weak banks to regain ownership under the Bank Resolution Act as 'suicidal'. According to the organisation, this amendment has created a path for rehabilitating identified bank looters without accountability, which will once again expose the country's banking sector to the risks of corruption and plunder.

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