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Japanese cos eye business expansion

Around 50 Japanese companies are expected to arrive in Bangladesh every year with their investment plan, Country Representative of Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Yuji Ando said on Wednesday in Dhaka."Seventy per cent of Japanese companies surveyed by JETRO under its annual programme last year showed interest in expanding investment...

Two more held, rape case against Delwar

NOAKHALI, Oct 7 (UNB): A rape case was filed against Delwar Hossain who has been arrested for molesting a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.The victim, aged about 36, filed the case against Delwar and his associate Abul Kalam at Begumganj Model Police Station on Tuesday night.The victim also filed...

No HSC exams this year

The government has decided not to hold this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Instead, the students will be graded on the basis of the results of their Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, Education Minister Dipu Moni...

KSA extends visa of BD workers up to Oct 30

Saudi Arabia has further extended the tenure of visa and work permits of Bangladeshi workers up to October 30, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday.This will greatly help ease the trouble facing the Bangladeshi expatriates who came back home but got stuck here due to the Covid-19...

Deaths rising gradually

Fatalities from Covid-19 have been showing an upward trajectory in the country since Saturday, while the number of new cases showing no sign to recede. Thirty five more people died from the infectious disease within 24-hour period until Wednesday morning, which gradually increased from 20 on Saturday, 23 on Sunday,...

Govt releases Tk 2.14b for jute mill’s pay arrears

The government has released Tk 2.14 billion as operating loan to pay workers' arrears of closed state-owned Platinum Jubilee Jute Mills Ltd, officials said.Fifty per cent of total arrears of mill's workers will be paid to their respective bank accounts while the rest of 50 per cent through 3-monthly profit-bearing...

Ministries alerted on 2nd wave of Covid

The government has ordered its line ministries to take action plans in advance to cope with the possible second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in winter, officials said.The cabinet division has asked the 14 ministries and eight divisions under different ministries to take respective plans immediately, they added. It issued the...

Govt moves to build Bhola Bridge, road at Tk 127.12b

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has taken a move to construct another long bridge, named Bhola Bridge, along with elevated road for establishing direct link with the southern district under public-private partnership (PPP) initiative.The bridge project, taken at an estimated cost of Tk 127.12 billion, is set to be placed...

Cabinet declares March 7 as 'Historic Day'

The Cabinet on Wednesday declared March 7 as 'Historic Day' instead of the 'National Historic Day' in a bid to observe the day nationally and internationally, commemorating the historic speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB.The announcement came from the weekly Cabinet meeting held virtually...

Two win Nobel chemistry for 'genetic scissors'

Two scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the tools to edit DNA, reports BBC.Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are the first two women to share the prize, which honours their work on the technology of genome editing. Their discovery, known as Crispr-Cas9 "genetic scissors",...