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Flawed corporate guarantee results in defaulted loans

Bankers and academics at a discussion on Wednesday stressed the need for distinguishing rightly 'corporation' and the 'business group' in Artha Rin Adalat (money loan court) law to help secure bank loans against corporate guarantee. They blamed the loopholes in corporate guarantee and the opaque definition of corporate and business...

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HSC exam pass rate rises to 73.93pc

The pass rate of the HSC and equivalent exams has risen to 73.93 per cent this year from 66.64 per cent a year ago, report agencies.A total of 47,286 students achieved a GPA of 5.0, compared to 29,262 in 2018.The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its...

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EGCB drags feet as powerful quarter takes over project site

The Electricity Generation Company Bangladesh (EGCB) has decided to scrap halfway the feasibility study and land acquisition for a power generation project in Cox's Bazar, insiders said on Wednesday.A Switzerland-based consultant has demanded bills for carrying out the feasibility study and other work under the 1,200-megawatt (MW) power plant project,...

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Businesses claim lower turnover to evade VAT

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said most of the businesses are claiming their annual turnover to be lower than Tk 30 million to evade payment of value added tax (VAT) at regular rates.The businesses having an annual turnover below Tk 30 million are entitled...

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Refat’s wife remanded for five days

Police have been given five days to grill Ayesha Siddika Minny over her involvement in the daylight murder of her husband Refat Shorif in Barguna, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Md Sirajul Islam Gazi of Barguna's Senior Judicial Magistrate Court gave the order on Wednesday.Police produced Minny before the court and had sought...

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‘Gunfight’ in Cox’s Bazar kills two

COX'S BAZAR, July 17: Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Jajimura Shikolpara in Teknaf upazila on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Asmaul Saudagar, 35 and Zabed Mia, 34. Tipped off, a team of BGB-2 conducted a...

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Prayer Timings-(18-07-2019)

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