Project work hits snag over land acquisition

Construction work of the proposed India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline to initiate trading of petroleum oil is being delayed due to complexities over land acquisition, officials said.State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has decided to engage a third party to ease complexities and complete land acquisition for laying the first inter-country oil carrying...

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Cabinet clears labour law amendments

The Cabinet approved in principle the draft of Bangladesh Labour Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018 with more facilities for workers and reducing the workers' threshold to 20 per cent from the existing 30 per cent for forming trade unions, reports UNB.The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet...

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MoS for greater use of inland waterways

The ministry of shipping (MoS) has again laid emphasis on transportation of containers to and from seaports using inland waterways to avoid congestion on highways, officials said.Adequate infrastructure is being developed to ease transportation of goods through river routes, a meeting of the ministry observed recently.The government built Pangaon Inland...

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RAB men detain six from buses with 14kg gold in Narsingdi

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained six men in possession of 14kg of gold. The detainees have been identified as Jamal Hossain, 22, Tanvir Ahmed, 25, Raju Hossain, 23, Abul Hasan, 35, Raju Ahmed, 30, and Alauddin, 32. They were detained from separate buses on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in...

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Prayer Timings-(4-9-2018)

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