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Commercial samples import made tax-free

The customs authority has issued a rule to allow duty-free import of products without insurance and freight charges valued lower than Tk 2,000. The similar facility will be applicable to a product whose import duty is below Tk 2,000.The 'Customs (Deminimis) Rule-2019' will clear the way for the import of...

Rohingya crisis regional threat: Hasina

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (BSS): With a pleading that Myanmar must manifest a clear political will for sustainable return and reintegration of Rohingyas to their homeland, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed a four-point proposal before the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to resolve the Rohingya crisis."The Rohingya crisis...

Samrat's issue to be known soon

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the issue relating to arrest of Dhaka South Jubo League president Ismail Hossain Samrat will be known soon."People are talking about the arrest of Samrat. But we want to say, whether it is Samrat or anyone else, who will commit crimes, will be nabbed....

Metro stations face space problem

The under-construction metro rail is facing space shortage for its elevated stations as adequate land beneath the facilities have not been acquired, sources said.For lack of space, they said, the movement of passengers of Mass Rapid Transit line-06 (MRT-06) and footpath users would be hampered severely.Passengers getting onto the trains...

Bid to block mosquito repellent import rued

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam hit out at the government’s plant protection wing for obstructing the purchase of mosquito-killing insecticides, reports bdnews24.com.Addressing a roundtable on mosquito control and dengue prevention in the capital's Bashundhara Residential Area on Saturday, the mayor said, "Countries around the world are able...

Workers at a rerolling mill working without adequate safety equipment

Workers at a rerolling mill working without adequate safety equipment. The photograph was taken from Shashanghat area of Postagola on Saturday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam

PC sends back BIWTA proposal

The Planning Commission has raised objections to high costs involved in a number of components of a massive river dredging project, undertaken by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). The project evaluation committee (PEC) of the PC has raised objections particularly to abnormally high consultancy fee and capital dredging...

Briefing 29-09-2019

BSEC to launch CCAM tomorrow The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will launch the Customer Complaint Address Module (CCAM) tomorrow (September 30). Using the system, the customers will be able to submit their complaints and receive solutions sitting in any part of the world. Page 9First lot of hilsa...