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World Bank projects country's GDP growth at 6.4pc in FY ‘18

The World Bank (WB) projected Bangladesh's economic growth at 6.4 per cent in the current fiscal, one-per cent down the government-set target for some risks.For the current financial year (FY), 2017-18, the government has taken a target to achieve 7.4 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth on the back...

Stay united for country's development: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon all to remain united to expedite the development of the country to materialise the dreams of the Father of the Nation, reports UNB."InshAllah, we'll build this country as hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh as dreamt by the Father of the Nation...this is our...

CPA makes a pause, traders take a stand

Businesses took a stand against blanket VAT imposition on all 60 types of port services when the main seaport's operators paused before realising the tax to get a direction from their parent ministry. Sources said the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) decided to wait until getting the nod from the shipping...

Tabligh Jamaat demo disrupts Dhaka traffic

More than 500 people, belonging to a faction of Islamic ideological movement Tabligh Jamaat, have demonstrated outside the Dhaka airport, crippling traffic in the northern part of the city, report agencies.Police said the demonstrators protested the arrival of the Islamic organisation's supreme council member Saad Kandhalvi from India."The Tabligh Jamaat...

Revenue collection misses mark

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the state of revenue collection during the past July-November period was not up to the mark. He is, however, upbeat about a change in the situation. "The collection is not good. I think it will change," he said, but wouldn't revise the revenue-collection target immediately....

News Watch (11-01-2018)

60,000 Rohingya children remain trapped in Rakhine: UNWhile the eyes of the world are on Myanmar's northern Rakhine and Cox's Bazar, more than 60,000 Rohingya children remain nearly forgotten, trapped in appalling camps in central Rakhine where the shelters teeter on stilts above garbage and excrement, says Unicef. Unicef spokesperson...