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Sign Vienna Convention on int’l goods sale contracts

A study on Wednesday urged the government to sign and ratify the UN Vienna Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG ) to protect the country's exporters. The study on "Review of the Trade Services of Banks" conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management said Bangladeshi exporters suffered...

BD now 14th largest hotspot in world 35 more die, 2,582 test positive

Bangladesh has overtaken the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) too in terms of the number of coronavirus infections to emerge as the world's 14th largest hotspot.With 2,582 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours ending on Wednesday noon, the country's coronavirus caseload reached 317,528, taking Bangladesh over the middle-east...

Banks assuage BB on deadline

Commercial banks on Wednesday assured the central bank of meeting the deadline of October 31 for disbursement of funds meant for cottage-micro-small-medium enterprises (CMSMEs). The rate of fund disbursement under the government announced stimulus package for the CMSMEs that was believed to be the hardest hit by the pandemic is...

State mourning observed

The nation observed a one-day state mourning on Wednesday in honour of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, report UNB.All government, semi-government, autonomous and private institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad kept the national flag at half-mast in observance of the mourning day.Mukherjee, the former Indian President, died on Monday at the...

Oil tank explosion kills three in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 02: Three workers of a private container depot (Off Dock) were killed and three others injured critically in an oil tank explosion of a lorry in the port city today (Wednesday). The victims were identified as Mohammed Arman, Moktar Ahamod and Shah Newaj. They were lorry driver, welding...

Handover of Taiwanese PPE to health ministry surprises China

China has expressed its surprise over a recent event where Taiwanese personal protective equipment (PPE) were handed over to the health ministry of Bangladesh.The event prompted the Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming, to make a phone call to the Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi,...

Hindu widows will get share of husbands' land : HC

The High Court on Wednesday delivered a judgment saying that the Hindu widows will get a share in all kinds of properties, agricultural land and non-agricultural land, of their deceased husbands.The High Court bench of Justice Md Miftah Uddin Choudhury delivered the judgment after hearing a civil revision petition filed...

People buy hand-made household

People buy hand-made household items at a traditional weekly market along the bank of the Banasree canal at Rampura in the city on Wednesday — FE photo by KAZ Sumon