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Statistics bureau be made an independent body

A government taskforce has recommended transforming the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) into an independent statutory body to reduce bureaucratic control by the Statistical and Informatics Division (SID).On Monday, the taskforce, led by Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), presented its reform...

Several FTAs up for early signing to facilitate trade

Negotiations for inking free-trade agreements (FTAs) with a number of countries are ripe, officials say, while deal-feasibility studies with scores of others get underway. The ministry is planning to begin feasibility study soon aiming to sign FTA with Turkey and Nigeria, among others, they added.According to a senior commerce ministry...

Businesses count $1.0b losses in burnt goods, harmed exports

Trade bodies have initially estimated a loss of over $1.0 billion or Tk 120 billion inflicted on Bangladesh's export sector by the devastating fire in the cargo village of Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) came up with the loss assessment at a press...

Cargo clearance resumes at HSIA

Activities involving the imported-goods clearance from cargo village of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have resumed after a devastating fire broke out on Saturday.An official of Dhaka Customs, preferring anonymity, told the FE that they had started delivering goods that arrived at HSIA on Sunday. "Courier services and goods...

NCC remains engaged to win over holdouts

The National Consensus Commission (NCC) remains engaged with the political parties, particularly those that have not signed the July Charter for their opposition to the reforms and the demand for legal bindings.It expects that some more left parties will sign the charter. Gono Forum signed the charter on Sunday.The commission...

Relatives of the victim

Relatives of the victim as well as fellows of the slain JnU Chhatra Dal leader, Zobaid Hossain, broke into tears when his body was brought to the campus on Monday. — Focus Bangla