Implementing mandatory customs bond automation
The customs bond facility allows export-oriented industries to import raw materials and intermediate goods duty-free. The condition is that the raw materials and intermediate goods thus imported have to be stored in bonded warehouses and not diverted to the domestic market and that the goods made from them should be...
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Grim warning at COP30: Record high CO2 emission
As delegates began to gather in Belém, deep in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, for the COP30 climate summit, reports published in the Global Carbon Budget landed like a thunderclap-reminding the world that rhetoric has far outpaced action. The report, released last week, warns that global fossil fuel emissions...
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Crackdown on illegal phones to benefit local industry
Starting 16 December 2025, Bangladesh will fully enforce the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), blocking all unauthorised, smuggled, cloned, or unregistered mobile phones from accessing telecom networks. Each device's IMEI will be matched with the user's NID and SIM registration. Phones already in use will be auto-registered, with the main...
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Ensure justice in DU sexual abuse case
The grave allegations against Professor Ershad Halim of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dhaka have shaken the very foundations of the education system. Students of the department have filed a case, and the police have arrested the accused professor-an important initial step towards justice. Yet the main...
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