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BD to take up issue with WTO as bilateral efforts prove futile

Bangladesh would challenge India's imposition of anti-dumping duty (ADD) on its jute goods by taking up the issue with the dispute settlement body of World Trade Organisation (WTO), officials said.They said Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will take necessary steps to prepare the case properly and take it up with the...

NBR sets all wings to combat money laundering

Watchdogs of all wings of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) are now set to sniff out money-laundering offences, as limited probe authority proved insufficient. Officials said the revenue board now opened up the scope of investigation by empowering all of its wings, including income tax, VAT and customs, to...

Be united to uproot militancy, terrorism: Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all to remain united so that war criminals, killers, looters and embezzlers of orphans' money can never come to power, report agencies."My urge to you all, war criminals, killers, embezzlers of orphans' money and looters could never come to power and push the country towards...

Int'l Women's Day today (8-3-2018)

International Women's Day will be observed today (Thursday) across the country as elsewhere in the world with a call for ensuring women's participation in all spheres of the national development to build a prosperous country, reports UNB. On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister...

Muhith for outright shutdown of BJMC to revive jute sector

FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith finds outright shutdown of the loss-incurring BJMC as a better way for jute-sector revival, revealing an inter-ministry rift over future of the 'golden fibre'. "My first advice is abolish BJMC, that will be good for jute sector," he told reporters Wednesday after a meeting in...

Imports up 11.66pc in seven months

The country's overall imports grew by 11.66 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, mainly due to higher import of food grains and fuel oils, officials said.Actual import in terms of settlement of letters of credit (LCs) rose to US$ 29.65 billion during...

Fresh attacks despite Lanka emergency

COLOMBO, Mar 07: Mobs torched Muslim-owned businesses in a central Sri Lanka district on Wednesday as hundreds of police and troops struggled to restore order after days of rioting. The soldiers poured into Kandy to reinforce police but arson attacks persisted even though the government has imposed a nationwide state...

BTCL lowers internet domain fees

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has decided to provide allocation and registration of .bd (dot bd) and .bangla (dot bangla) domains at a flat yearly rate of Tk 800 from now on. A BTCL press release issued Wednesday stated that the customers previously used to pay varying rates of Tk...