Lift business booms, sans safety regulations
Bangladesh sees lift market making quantum leaps, but largely unregulated to raising concerns about safety of users, according to industry-insiders.The market, worth around Tk 12 billion, is dominated by imports which account for around 70 per cent. The rest is supplied by two local suppliers-Pran-RFL Group and Walton-- who together...
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Meeting on proposed tariff hike at Ctg port tomorrow
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 23: Shipping ministry has convened a high-level meeting tomorrow to review Chattogram port's proposed new tariff structure with stakeholders, port users and officials amid differences between the port authority and users over the plan to increase charges.Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain is expected to preside...
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Pak FM meets leaders of BNP, Jamaat, NCP
Visiting Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met separately with leaders of BNP, Jamaat e Islami and NCP on the first day of his Dhaka trip.Mr Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon by a special flight on a two-day visit. He landed at around 2:00 pm.The...
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Helpline service expanding countrywide as online tax-return queries mount
Massive inquisitiveness of individual taxpayers to know about the dos in online tax-return submission has prompted the revenue board to go for intensifying helpline service, up to divisional tiers of taxing.Helpline service would be expanded to the divisional cities soon as the number of queries from the taxpayers is increasing...
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