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BD faces image crisis abroad as Rohingya manage passports

FE Report About 0.25 million Rohingya people travelled abroad so far with Bangladesh passports and created an image crisis for the country, said Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam on Saturday."Many Rohingya people holding Bangladesh passports are involved in criminal activities abroad. As a result, Bangladeshi workers are...

PM seeks Australia’s support for country’s economic progress

SYDNEY, Apr 28 (UNB): Noting that Bangladesh needs greater human capacity as it is going to the next stage of development through graduation from the LDC, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought on Saturday Australian cooperation to this end."As Bangladesh is going to the next stage of development through graduation from...

NBR orders 15pc VAT collection on ads in digital social media

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed its field-level offices to ensure collection of 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on advertisements in the digital social media.Companies providing advertisement in different internet services, Youtube, Facebook and paying royalty or charges, will have to pay 15 per cent VAT...

Life insurers facing capital shortfall

Rezaul KarimCountry's insurance companies, especially life insurers, are facing a huge capital shortfall due to a drop in the rate of interest on their invested fund, officials said."Currently, the life insurance companies are facing a serious problem with fund management. They are going to suffer capital deficit ever year," a...

Dhaka to resume FTA talks with Beijing in June

Jubair HasanBangladesh is going to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with China to boost trade with the world's second-largest economy, officials said.As part of the process, a high-powered delegation of the government would visit Beijing in June and discuss with their Chinese counterparts on a joint-feasibility study...

The rickshaw-puller himself and the passengers taking

The rickshaw-puller himself and the passengers taking cover while passing through a curtain of dust in Shyampur area on the Dhaka-Narayanganj Road on Saturday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam

Khaleda calls for continuing movement

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has asked her supporters to continue their 'movement to restore democracy', Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.Mirza Fakhrul, along with Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas and Nazrul Islam Khan, met their chief in the old jailhouse on Nazimuddin Road in the...

Turnbull to help resolve Rohingya crisis

SYDNEY, Apr 28: Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull assured on Saturday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of continuing support to Bangladesh for resolving the Rohingya crisis. He made assurance at a meeting with Sheikh Hasina at his residence here. PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting. The Australian...

RAB recover 13kg gold bars from Uttara

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered on Saturday gold bars weighing 13 kilograms from the city's Uttara, which was smuggled into the country. The law enforcement agency nabbed two "active members" of an international gold smuggling cartel - Kazi Mahbub, 40 and Md Zakir, 55 - from the scene, said RAB-1...