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Muhith blames bankers for promoting default culture

Finance Minister A M A Muhith came down heavily on bankers on Sunday, and blamed their non-co-operative approach for increasing the number of defaulters incessantly."I noticed, you people (bankers), after offering one instalment of loan to a party, try to make him a defaulter. You create situation, so that he...

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A portion of the Dupkhola playground

A portion of the Dupkhola playground at Gandaria in the city gradually turning into a truck stand, evoking fears that this open space might fall victim to illegal grabbing in the future. This photograph was taken on Friday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam

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Polls prod govt to borrow more from banks

The government is set to boost its bank borrowing significantly in November mainly due to the upcoming general elections, officials have said.The net borrowing from the banking system is on track to reach Tk 10.42 billion by the end of this month after deducting Tk 21.58 billion in matured government...

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Interview of BNP aspirants begins

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) started interview of the aspirants for the 11th parliamentary polls scheduled for December 30.On the first day on Sunday, nomination seekers from the constituencies under Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions appeared before the party's parliamentary board.The party's high-ups interviewed them at the Gulshan office of imprisoned chairperson...

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BTRC issues telcos' QoS regulations

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has finally published a set of Quality of Service (QoS) regulations for the country's telecom service providers. Under the new regulations, the mobile operators will have to keep their call drop rate at less than 2.0 per cent. Besides, their average call set up success...

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Govt fails to ratify Montreal Convention

Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to ratify the Montreal Convention (MC) that guarantees higher compensation to the passengers.Soon after the crash of US Bangla aircraft at the Kathmandu airport, the issue of compensation payment to victims of the tragic accident surfaced.When it was revealed that the victims of...

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Govt to procure Aman rice at Tk 36 a kg

The government has set Tk 36 for procuring seasonal Aman rice per kilogram this year by slashing down Tk 3.0 from last year's rate.The decision was made at a meeting of the food planning and monitoring unit at the secretariat on Sunday with Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam in the...

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News Watch- (19-11-2018)

Clash halts traffic on Dhaka-Ctg highway NARAYANGANJ, Nov 18: Traffic movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway remained suspended for three hours as a clash broke out between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Madanpur here on Sunday. — UNB Govt reconstitutes Press Appellate BoardThe government has reconstituted the Press...

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Prayer Timings-(19-11-2018)

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