Commission recommends onion import to tame prices
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has recommended allowing onion imports to control the rising prices in the local market.Given the increase in onion prices, import permission should be granted immediately, the commission noted.According to the BTTC, onion prices typically rise between October and December each year.In a letter...
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Malfunctioning insurance cos now up for merger or liquidation
Malfunctioning insurance firms may also face merger or liquidation under a new reform recipe of the interim government, hot on the heels of banking-sector overhaul drive.Sources say the insurance regulator has finalised the Insurer Resolution Ordinance 2025, paving the way for sweeping insurance reforms the way the banking-sector problems are...
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New ICT projects look foredoomed like forerunners
Three new ICT-sector development projects involving Tk 46.33 billion have been proposed all of which are lookalikes of previous ones allegedly doomed to failure in set goals for corruption, misuse of public funds.Officials at the Planning Commission hold such view about the projects designed by Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...
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No referendum provision in Bangladesh's Constitution
BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Saturday that Bangladesh's current Constitution did not allow a national referendum."If a referendum is to be held, it can only be done after obtaining the people's mandate, coming to parliament, and passing it there," he commented.Mr Khasru called upon all...
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Prayer Timings (2025-11-09)
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FE Anniversary Special Supplement -
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