Govt vows to realise dues

The government is hell-bent on recovering Tk 134 billion 'audit' dues from mobile telephony operators Grameenphone and Robi."We stand by our decision and we will do whatever rule of the land allows us to realise the dues," post and telecommunication minister Mustafa Jabbar told the Financial Express on Sunday. He...

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Casino king Samrat arrested, finally

The casino kingpin and Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Samrat was sent to jail hours after he was arrested in Cumilla early Sunday.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) collared Samrat, the so-called ringleader of Dhaka's underworld casino business, in Chauddagram sub-district.A RAB-7 team from Dhaka arrested Samrat, president of Dhaka South Juba...

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10 go missing as passenger boat sinks in Teesta

KURIGRAM, Oct 06 (UNB): Ten persons went missing when a passenger boat sank in the Teesta River in the Burirhat area under Rajarhat upazila on Sunday noon.Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Rashedul Haque said the boat from Burirhat sank around 11.00 am due to strong current in the rive while heading...

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'Honorarium' culture eats up sizeable funds of projects

The government agencies are spending a sizeable amount of taxpayers' money every year offering 'honorarium' to the participants of project meetings, defying Prime Minister's order, officials said.They said almost all the public agencies earmark a handsome amount of funds in their development project proposals (DPP) with a 'sub-code' titled "honorarium"....

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Goods export earnings drop in July-Sept

The country's export earnings from goods during the first three months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, fell by nearly 3.0 per cent to $9.64 billion, compared to the same period of last fiscal. The figure for July-September of FY '19 was $9.94 billion. Also, the overall earnings in...

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Prayer Timings-(07-10-2019)

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