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Japanese cos bid for business in diverse BD sectors

Japanese companies bid big to do business with Bangladesh in diverse sectors to seize emergent prospects, with many seeking information daily about the country's latest investment climate. Affordable labour, local and global marketing prospects amid rising domestic consumer clientele act as the beckon for investors, according to business leaders and...

Improvisation with Dhaka's metro rail has a cost

Liabilities of Dhaka metro -rail company are likely to multiply as it has to bear the cost of mending many defects and deficiencies recently identified in all systems and sub -systems in the under-operation overhead rail.A recent tragic accident of bearing-pad crash of the metro that killed a young man...

BNP won't take liability for 'unsigned' parts of July Charter

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has reiterated that his party will not take responsibility for any portion of the July National Charter that it did not sign, reaffirming the BNP's firm stance on its "notes of dissent."Speaking at a rally in Dhaka on Saturday, he accused the authorities...

The Nabisco-Mahakhali intersection part of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani has become a veritable parking

The Nabisco-Mahakhali intersection part of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani has become a veritable parking place for inter-district buses. Buses are kept on both sides of the road in double lines, leaving almost no room for movement of other vehicles. Bus owners and drivers have been breaching the traffic rules for...

Jamaat terms BNP's stance on July Charter implementation as undesirable

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said the "situation" created by the BNP over the implementation of the July Charter is "completely undesirable"."The people want a national election in February. Creating uncertainty [over the July Charter] right before the polls will disrupt the electoral process," Taher said in...

ADB seeks govt nod to issue taka bond

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sought the government's permission to issue bonds through mobile money to mobilise investment for Bangladesh's development, officials said on Saturday.The Manila-based lender plans to introduce the bond in local currency in the domestic market first and, upon its success, offload it to overseas investors,...