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BSEC to clarify role of independent directors soon

The securities regulator will continue its crackdown on unscrupulous persons who are out to gobble up investors' hard-earned money through various deceitful acts.The warning came from chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Prof. Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam as he spoke at a webinar on Saturday . Leading...

Keeping the driver in the dark, a man pastes an advertisement sticker on a CNG-run autorickshaw,

Keeping the driver in the dark, a man pastes an advertisement sticker on a CNG-run autorickshaw, spoiling its cleanliness, as it was waiting at a traffic signal at Kakrail in the city on Saturday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam

Push for engaging foreign observers in Rakhine

Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to engage foreign observers in Rakhine for ensuring safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingyas to their home land. It also apprehended that the prolonged stay of Rohingyas in Bangladesh might trigger radicalism and terrorism which would destabilise the region."In order to reduce trust deficit and confidence...

UNO Wahida's condition improves further: Doctor

The health condition of Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam, who was seriously injured in an attack by miscreants which left her right side paralysed, improved further, reports UNB.Dr Mohammad Zahed Hossain, the chief of Neurotrauma Department at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, disclosed it at a briefing on Saturday."She's...

Mandatory e-payment of customs duty, taxes from July next

The revenue board is set to make electronic payment of customs duty and other taxes above Tk 0.2 million mandatory for importers and exporters.All customs houses and stations would implement it from July next year.However, from April next year, electronic payment of customs duty at any amount will be made...

Rights groups demand release of detained migrant workers

Nearly a dozen progressive political organisations demanded the immediate release of detained migrant workers who returned home amid the COVID-19 pandemic and were arrested by police after completing mandatory quarantine.The eleven organisations made the demand in a statement on Saturday and urged the lawyers to provide legal support to the...

Active Covid caseload on the wane

With the fall in the number of infections, the active caseload in Bangladesh has kept declining, a sign of relative relief to the nation that has been struggling with the virus for the past six months.The gradual increase in the number of recovery and dwindling infections rate are contributing to...

Briefing 13-09-2020

BSEC annual report yet to be publishedThe securities regulator has not yet published its annual report for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 despite another fiscal year -- 2019-20 -- gone on June 30, 2020. The officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) said the report could not be...