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BD, KSA to sign MoUs on defence cooperation, ICT

Bangladesh will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) during Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's visit to the country.The prime minister is scheduled to leave for KSA today (Tuesday afternoon) on a four-day visit.During the visit, she will have a bilateral meeting...

Editors seek amendments in next parliament session

Newspaper editors have demanded amendments to nine sections of the Digital Security Act-2018 in the upcoming parliamentary session slated for October 21.General secretary of Editors' Council and editor of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam made the demand at a human chain formed outside the National Press Club on Monday.The council...

Petrobangla seeks Tk 54b fiscal support to foot bill

State-run Petrobangla has sought fiscal support worth around Tk 54 billion to purchase LNG from global suppliers during the current fiscal year until June 2019 as gas price has not been hiked yet."We sent a proposal to the ministry of finance (MoF) last week through the ministry of power, energy...

Journalist Khalilur Rahman no more

Veteran journalist Muhammad Khalilur Rahman died at his residence in the capital on Monday afternoon at the age of 79.He was suffering from various old-age complications.He left behind his wife, daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.After namaz-e-janaza held at Mirpur journalist residential area mosque,...

Commission to oversee radio, TV, online news outlets

The Cabinet approved on Monday in principle the draft Broadcast Bill 2018 with a provision to form a seven-member Broadcast Commission to provide licences to broadcast media, including online ones, and to bring those under discipline, reports UNB.The approval came at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the...

Global FDI dips 41pc in Jan-Jun

The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) globally declined sharply in the first half of the current calendar year.The amount is estimated at $470 billion in the January-June period of 2018 while it was $794 billion during the same period of 2017.Investment Trend Monitor, released by the United Nations Conference...

Battery-run rickshaws are now freely plying many streets

Battery-run rickshaws are now freely plying many streets, lanes and by-lanes in the city despite official ban. Pullers of these rickshaws do always carry with them 'special cards' that are treated as 'unofficial' licences by the on-duty traffic policemen. The snapshot was taken from Kalshi Road of Pallabi, an area...

News Watch- (16-10-2018)

PM leaves for Saudi Arabia todayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Riyadh today (Tuesday) on a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. — BSS Customs arrest Malaysian man with 7.0kgs gold Customs officials arrested a Malaysian national along with...