Implement policies, SROs equitably
A leading trade body urged the government to implement policies, instructions and SROs (statutory regulatory orders) equitably and timely for ease of doing business, as any mismatch does them a disservice."We get stuck to when the question of implementation of these orders come," said Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry,...
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Muhith, Tofail trash CPD's observation
Two senior ministers Sunday trashed an observation that 2017 was a 'year of banking scam'. "They all are rubbish," Finance Minister AMA Muhith told newsmen at his office at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital.He was replying to a question about the observation that the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) made...
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First phase of Ijtema ends (15-1-2018)
GAZIPUR, Jan 14 (UNB): The three-day first phase of Biswa Ijtema came to an end on Sunday with the Akheri Munajat on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi.Hafez Mohammad Zubayer, the Imam of Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka, conducted the 35-minute Akheri Munajat which began around 10:40 am.The gathering...
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Half of NGOs still out of tax net
Half of the country's non-government organisations (NGOs) are still remained out of the tax net, causing significant losses of direct tax. Of the total 961 NGOs registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau, 488 or 50.78 per cent have TINs and were submitting income tax returns. As per Income Tax Ordinance-1984,...
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Fog halts flights, ferry services
Flight operations at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka had remained disrupted for six hours since early Sunday due to dense fog, reports agencies.The low visibility also caused road vehicles to slow down. Ferry and launch services at major ports had also remained halted for several hours due...
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News Watch (15-01-2018)
Lactalis salmonella scam hits 83 countriesPARIS, Jan 14: A salmonella scandal at the French dairy group Lactalis has affected 83 countries, where 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk are being recalled, the company's CEO said Sunday in an interview with French media. "We must take account the scale of...
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Prayer Timings-(15-01-2018)
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