Eliminating wastage of resources on dev projects
It is a welcome piece of news that the Planning Commission (PC) has decided to revise the existing Development Project Proposal (DPP) format to help check 'misappropriation and wastage' of taxpayers' money spent on public sector development projects. The Commission, according to a report published in this paper Tuesday last,...
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Misuse of bond facility and border haats
A news story, quoting appropriate sources, says abuse of the bonded warehousing and border haat protocol has caused flooding of duty-unpaid yarns and fabrics in the open market prior to the Eid, triggering serious threat to the country's textile mills. The allegation demands enquiry in as much as it is...
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RMG orders on up, match them with deliveries
The pressure of increased purchase orders is weighing on the readymade garments sector. With already a plateful on its hands, more are in the pipeline, according to industry observers. Some entrepreneurs estimate a 20 per cent increase in orders compared with what was registered at this point in time of...
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Fixing price of imported LNG
BANGLADESH has so long been depending on local gas fields for its energy requirement. But lately the government has started importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet the growing demand for gas. The imported gas would be put in the transmission lines from June 2018 for onward supply to its...
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Ramadan and severe traffic jam
SEVERE traffic congestion during Ramadan is not quite different from rest of the year. But it is more painful for people who are fasting. The other day as I was travelling along Gulshan Avenue I found many private cars were parked on both sides and the road was reduced to...
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