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Good governance most critical to graduation from LDC status

FE ReportGood governance is most critical in ensuring Bangladesh's sustainable graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) status, experts said Saturday, as it entails challenges in aid and trade. LDC graduation is not the end of the road, rather it is a milestone, they observed. It does not ensure structural transformation....

Economists fret as money supply to economy falls

Growth of "broad money" continues to decelerate in the country that implies that the money supply to the economy is gradually contracting as the government tightens the purse strings, sources said. Economists view that such belt-tightening is necessitated mainly by some deterioration in the country's balance of payments, on the...

BNP plans city rally tomorrow, yet to get nod

BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Saturday they have taken all-out preparations for ensuring a huge gathering at their planned rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Monday, report agencies.Speaking at a press conference at BNP's Naya Paltan central office, he, however, said they're still uncertain whether they will be...

Trees on the road median are now full of vernal foliage

Trees on the road median are now full of vernal foliage. This photo was taken from Captain Mansur Ali Sarani in the city on Saturday. — FE Photo

Myanmar army unleashed unprecedented brutality

At least 9,400 Rohingyas, including 1,000 children, died in the first month of the "clearance operations" launched by the Myanmar Army in Rakhine state in the early hours of August 25 last year, according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International on Saturday.The report titled 'No One...

Customs seize 48 gold bars at Ctg airport

CHITTAGONG, Mar 10: Customs today seized 48 pieces of gold bars worth around Tk 25 million at Shah Amanat International Airport. Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) officials said they found the bars in three packets kept hidden under a passenger seat of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at...