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Economic zones face delay as land dev in slow lane

Land development and the construction of embankment have emerged as the most challenging task, raising fear about missing deadlines for the country's major economic zones. The problems pushed the builders of the economic zones into troubles because most sites are located on char, low-lying and hilly areas. This situation requires...

Put pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingya

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Saturday the OIC countries to put pressure on Myanmar to ensure safe and dignified return of the Rohingya."OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) must continue to put pressure on Myanmar to ensure that Myanmar will repatriate the Rohingya who are their citizens with proper safety in...

Three-day hartal in hill districts from today

CHATTOGRAM, May 5: Chattogram Hill Tracts Bangalee Chhatra Parishad has called a three-day general strike in three hill districts from today (Sunday) protesting the killing of microbus driver Sajib Hossain.General Secretary of the organisation Sahadat Faraji Sakib announced it in a press release issued from Khagrachhari on Saturday.The organisation also...

Non-tax revenue posts negative growth in 8 months to Feb

The non-tax revenue dived even as the cumulative collection of domestic revenue grew 54.55 per cent to Tk 1.26 trillion in the 8 months to February, the ministry of finance said.Tax, non-tax and non-NBR revenue registered less than expected growth until February of fiscal year 2017-18, forcing the government to...

Dhaka to push for waiver of ADB’s commitment charge

Bangladesh will seek waiver of the existing 'commitment charge' levied by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and grant assistance from the lender to cope with the ongoing Rohingya crisis.Finance minister AMA Muhith, who is now in Manila to attend the 51st annual meeting of the ADB, is expected to raise...

SSC, equivalent exams results today

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published today (Sunday). The results will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the morning. Later, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will formally announce the results at a press briefing at the conference...

Inform SC about my illness, Khaleda asks BNP leaders

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia asked on Saturday her lawyers to bring the matter of her 'serious illness' to the notice of the Supreme Court during the hearing on her bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Tuesday. Khaleda's lawyer Abdur Rezzak Khan came up with the information while talking...

NASA launches Mars lander

An Atlas 5 rocket soared into space early on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying NASA's first robotic lander designed for exploring the deep interior of another planet on its voyage to Mars. The Mars InSight probe lifted off from the central California coast at 4:05 a.m....