Bangladesh should concentrate more on decentralised development, said Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash in Dhaka Tuesday. "Dhaka and Chittagong account for 60 to 70 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Meanwhile, huge areas in the south-western and north-western parts remain impoverished." "Studies show...
Read moreChief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda turned down on Tuesday any possibility of further rescheduling the upcoming general election.The electoral regulator on Monday deferred the polls by a week for December 30."There is no chance of further deferring the polls as new government must be formed by January 29…...
Read moreIncome tax fair began Tuesday in all divisional headquarters, four districts and seven upazilas.Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the weeklong tax fair at city's Officers' Club premises on the day.The fair in eight divisional headquarters will continue until November 19, 2018.On the first day, the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Read moreThe government has recently completed negotiations with the World Bank (WB) over US$750 million budgetary support credit to narrow its fiscal deficit, officials said on Monday.Within this fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, the government is likely to get $250 million worth of funds from the total $750 million development support credit...
Read moreUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the government of Myanmar to show its seriousness in creating the conditions for return by addressing the root causes of the crisis in Rakhine state, particularly the systematic discrimination against and persecution of Rohingya, reports UNB.Bachelet also urged...
Read moreFrustration is writ large on the face of a bus passenger as he waits in Purana Paltan area on Tuesday for the vehicles to move on again. The city witnessed a severe traffic jam centring on different political activities — FE photo by Shafiql Alam
Read moreA Palestinian girl looking on as she searches for her belongings at the stairs of her family house that was damaged in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City on Tuesday — Reuters
Read moreThree die in clash over land dispute in Lalmonirhat LALMONIRHAT, Nov 13: At least three people were killed and seven others injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Gilabari in Aditmari upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were Jalil Miah, 50, son of Jalal Miah, Golam Rabbani, 45,...
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