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BD begins gap analysis to fit in RCEP trade standards

Bangladesh begins a critical gap analysis of its economic strengths for aligning its trade policies with protocols of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for joining the world's largest trade bloc.The comprehensive analysis aims to assess where Bangladesh currently stands in comparison to the China-led grouping's standards of doing trade...

Caretaker govt revives, with prospective effect

Election-time neutral caretaker government revives, with prospective effect, in a reversal of a previous Supreme Court verdict contentiously rescinding the system under the then divisive political circumstances. The resurrected system of neutral government of 90-day tenure stays in animated suspension for now in the constitution as the apex-court ruling gives...

UNGA resolution calls for renewed action to resolve Rohingya crisis

The UN General Assembly's Third Committee has adopted by consensus a resolution urging renewed international efforts to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis and ensure the safe return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, said a foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday. The motion, jointly tabled by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...

Armed Forces Day today

The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated today (Friday) with various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm to mark the establishment of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, reports BSS.The day's programmes will begin with the offering of special prayers after Fajr prayers at all mosques...

Mushfiq joins elite club with ton in 100th Test

MIRPUR, Nov 20 (AFP): Mushfiqur Rahim joined an elite club on Thursday by scoring a century in his 100th Test, achieving the feat against Ireland in Mirpur.Resuming on 99 overnight, Mushfiqur reached his hundred with a single in the second over of the morning session on day two of the...

First finance secy Matiul Islam expires

M Matiul Islam, the country's first finance secretary and a pioneering figure in the financial and banking sector, passed away early Thursday at the age of 95.His namaz-e-janaza will be held at Azad Mosque in Gulshan after Jumma prayers today (Friday), his family said.Born on January 24, 1930 in Gerakhola...

BD may approach ICC

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Prof Dr Asif Nazrul on Thursday said after the ICT verdict against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, India now carried "an additional responsibility" under the bilateral extradition treaty to return her.He was addressing a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday, Sheikh Hasina and her...