7th FYP, SDG issues to top BDF agenda
The next round of Bangladesh Development Forum scheduled to take place next week is expected to come up with a comprehensive communique based on agreement between the government and development partners in some key sectors.The communique would outline some actionable roadmaps for next few years in areas where government-development partner...
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Cold wave hits hard potato, rice farmers
Cultivation of potato and rice has been severely affected by the ongoing cold-wave, which has been sweeping across the country for the last two weeks, raising woes of the peasants.Cold, fog and lack of sunshine have been causing outbreak of fungal disease - late blight - and subsequent production loss...
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China to invest $5.0b in BD economic zone
A Chinese company has moved fast to invest US$ 5.0 billion in a special economic zone of Bangladesh for establishing industries that include a massive 2640-megawatt power plant.Officials said Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has received the major investment proposal from Zhejiang Jindun Pressure Vessel Co. Ltd. The firm has...
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BB asks for banks’ recovery targets on top 20 defaulters
The central bank has asked commercial banks to set targets of loan recovery from top 20 defaulters for 2018 upon the approval by their respective board of directors.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has also given the banks a 10-day timeframe for submitting their loan recovery targets to its concerned department.The banks...
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Biswa Ijtema begins today (12-01-2018)
GAZIPUR, Jan 11 (UNB): After a two-day hiccup over joining it by Indian scholar Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, the first phase of Biswa Ijtema is set to begin on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on Friday.Thousands of Muslim devotees from 16 districts of the country have already thronged...
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News Watch (12-01-2018)
PM addresses nation todayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation today (Friday), marking the completion of her government's four years in office after the January-5, 2014 national election. The PM's speech will simultaneously be broadcast by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations...
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Prayer Timings-(12-01-2018)
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Teachers of registered Ebtedayee madrasas are on fast unto death
Teachers of registered Ebtedayee madrasas are on fast unto death for the third day in front of National Press Club in the city on Thursday. — FE photo
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