Southern transport corridor links seashore with Asian Highway
Search for foreign funding worth US$3.04 billion begins for another megaproject styled Southern Corridor designed to link Bangladesh's southern-most seashore with the UN-sponsored Asian Highway, officials said. Government's Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken up the massive programme to develop the southern transport corridor from Faridpur to Kuakata, as...
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Cyclone crosses coast, leaves trail of damage
Cyclonic storm 'Midhili' crossed the bay coast in Patuakhali on Friday afternoon, leaving a trial of damage to crops and disruption to regular economic activities at ports and transportation.Due to its impact, different parts of the country, especially coastal districts, witnessed heavy storms, and medium-to-heavy downpour.Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in...
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US to sanction attackers on labour rights campaigners
The United States says it would go for actions like sanctions, trade penalties, and visa restrictions against those who threaten, intimidate, and attack union leaders, labour-rights defenders and labour organisations. "…we will work to hold accountable those who threaten, who intimidate, who attack union leaders, labour rights defenders, labour organisations...
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CEPA, anti-dumping duty, commodity quota top agenda
Opening talks on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), lifting anti-dumping duties on jute exports and India's allocation of annual quota for the export of essentials to Bangladesh are to dominate bilateral talks shortly, officials said.The imposition of export duties, abrupt export restrictions, and the setting of minimum export value for...
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Call for increased data security budget
Industry insiders and stakeholders have made a renewed call to increase budget for domestic cybersecurity with an eye to protecting data as newer threats are coming almost daily.They urged the businesses to opt for local cloud-computing services to ensure higher security at a lower cost to save foreign currency.The stakeholders...
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Prayer Timings (2023-11-18)
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Today's match (2023-11-18)
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Briefing 2023-11-18
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