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Stand by low-income, poor people

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Tuesday called upon the leaders and workers of her party and its associate bodies, affluent section of society and well-wishers to extend hands of cooperation to the country's lower-income, poor and working-class people, reports BSS.In a statement, she said the life and...

Commercial lifeline clearing with import release, but exports still remain blocked

Bangladesh's blocked commercial lifeline begins clearing with manual import release but digitally-handled export yet remains blocked to the dismay of exporters and buyers both. Customs authorities Tuesday restored some of its networks to release some key commodities and raw materials while the shipment of exportable goods remained mostly suspended at...

Offices, banks reopen for four hours, curfew time cut

Curfew hours are cut short by seven hours and offices reopen for four hours for Wednesday-Thursday as quota-protest storms now dissipate into uneasy calm across Bangladesh. The notification came Tuesday from government's public administration ministry, after days of some worst ordeals amid student-called 'complete shutdown' and government-declared closure of offices...

Soldiers to stay on streets until normalcy back: Army Chief

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday said soldiers would patrol the streets until the return of normalcy in the country, reports UNB.He said this as he called on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban at noon, President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told reporters.During the meeting, the army chief said that a...

Govt issues circular cutting all job quotas to 7pc

The government Tuesday issued the much-hyped circular clipping quotas in all grades of government jobs to 7.0 per cent from a steep level, in an exigent step meant for pacifying student protesters. "Strictly in line with the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has this quota...

Movement will continue until demands met: Quota-reform leaders

In issuing a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the government to accept their four-point 'urgent' demand for creating an environment of dialogue, the leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement on Tuesday said their campaign would continue until the demands were met, reports UNB. Speaking at a press conference, they welcomed the...

How does the nation's cashless future look like?

The government has been putting emphasis on the nation's transition to cashless transactions so much so that it aims to attain hundred per cent digital payments by 2041. Transactions through VISA and credit cards and mobile financial services, such as bkash and Nagad, and online banking have accelerated over the...