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BD spends least on social protection

Bangladesh's expenditure in social protection is the lowest in South and Southwest Asia and this poor safeguard system is hampering the resilience to Covid-19, according to a new report.The level of social protection expenditure in Bangladesh is only 0.7 per cent of its gross domestic products (GDP), the UN report...

PM hopes to check spread of virus in winter

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm optimism to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in the upcoming winter and asked the physicians to continue to serve the humanity during the pandemic, reports BSS."We're hopeful that we would be able to contain further spread of...

Anti-rape long march comes under attack in Feni

FENI, Oct 17 (UNB): A long march protesting the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women, came under attack in Feni injuring 20 people including journalists on Saturday.Some miscreants attacked the march in the Shaheed Minar area at around 11:30am.The leaders of left leaning organisations who organized...

Regulator slaps two-yr lock-in on employees' shares

The securities regulator has imposed a two-year lock-in on Robi Axiata's shares which will be allotted to its employees.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has mentioned the lock-in period in its letter regarding the regulatory consent to the company's IPO (initial public offering) proposal.The BSEC approved the country's largest...

RHD seeks Tk 22.31b for land acquisition only

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) wants to widen a 55-kilometre-long road, investing Tk 22.31 billion for land acquisition alone, insiders said.The state-owned road developer has recently taken up the "Land acquisition for upgrading the Jessore (New Market)-Kantakhali (Magura) N-702 road-Laxmikandor (Magura)-Magura (Wapda) N-7 road including the Kantakhali-Laxmikandor connecting road...

Briefing 18-10-2020

CCAM: 85pc complaints settled The securities regulator has addressed 88.4 per cent of the complaints submitted by investors since January through Customer Complaints Address Module (CCAM), an automated system launched on September 30, 2019. According to the latest information of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), investors submitted a...