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BD holds potential of 7.0m caregiver jobs, global demand 300m

Bangladesh holds the potential to create around 7.0 million new jobs by 2035 in care-giving services while the global demand may rise over 300 million, according to ILO findings. Requisite investments in care policies like childcare and long-term care and proper trainings can help realise the chances, the International Labour...

Search committee for EC formed

A sitting Supreme Court judge heads the search committee the interim government formed to reconstitute the Election Commission to put Bangladesh on election train, in a fast turn of events in the post-uprising situation.Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has been nominated to lead...

Tariff Commission for zero-duty rice import

Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has proposed a total waiver of import taxes on rice to tame post-flood volatile market, as the staple prices show wayward upturns.The proposal came Tuesday amid a notable rise in rice prices on the domestic market in last one month.The traders also appear to be...

ACC chairman, two commissioners resign

The Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, along with Commissioners Md Jahurul Haque and Mst. Asia Khatoon, resigned on Tuesday. An ACC source confirmed the matter, revealing that they left their letters of resignation and departed the ACC headquarters around 2:30 pm on the day. The sources...

Minimum taxes may be lifted following recommendations

Minimum taxes may go in the first stroke as the advisory committee on revenue reform suggests exploring ways to phase out some regressive-nature taxes.In a meeting with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) high-ups Tuesday, the members of the panel also underscored the need for automating the tax and VAT...

Khaleda to be taken to London for treatment

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to a third country for advanced treatment very soon, reports UNB. "Considering her health condition, we have started preparations to transfer her to a multidisciplinary hospital abroad as quickly as possible," her personal physician, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain,...