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Urban planners differ with WB proposal

FE ReportUrban planners differed on Saturday with the recent World Bank (WB) proposal for developing a planned city on the Eastern fringe of Dhaka.They said Rajuk has its own planning on how Dhaka will be developed in its mega plan, especially in the Detailed Area Plan (DAP).Discarding the idea of...

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Pilgrims boarding the first of this year's Hajj flights at the Hazrat Shahjalal International

Pilgrims boarding the first of this year's Hajj flights at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Saturday Story on Page 1 — bdnews24.com

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AL to fulfill its pledges if voted to power again: PM

PABNA, July 14 (BSS): Urging the countrymen to cast their votes for 'boat', the election symbol of Awami League, in the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said whatever pledges her party and government made will surely be fulfilled."If you (people) cast your votes for 'boat', we'll get another...

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Secondary trading slips by 62pc in FY ‘18

FE ReportSecondary trading of treasury bills and treasury bonds has dropped sharply during the last fiscal year, reflecting the lower demand for the government securities.Latest statistics with the central bank showed that the total value of secondary trading of T-bills and T-bonds stood at Tk 153.30 billion during FY18, down...

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Recast task force to sniff out tax evasion of foreign workers

FE ReportThe income tax authority has reconstituted the task force assigned to track tax evasion by foreign nationals working in Bangladesh.Representatives of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the Value Added Tax (VAT) intelligence wing have been excluded from the task force.A senior official at...

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Khaleda sick, relatives fail to meet her

Though they got permission from the jail authorities, the relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could not meet her on Saturday due to her illness, said her sister, reports UNB."We've come to know Khaleda Zia is suffering from fever and body aches. So, she couldn't meet us as she was...

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