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Connect economics with morality to build poverty-free society

Prof Dr Rehman Sobhan identified on Thursday a number of areas of ethical failures, including capital market, banking sector and functioning of commodity market. He also found ethical failures in other sectors like apparels, public service, access to healthcare and quality education. "There is also ethical failure in the country's...

Jatiya Party set to win Rangpur polls

Jatiya Party was closing in on a landslide victory in the mayoral race of the Rangpur City Corporation polls when this report was filed at 10:15pm on Thursday.According to the unofficial results of 133 out of the total 193 polling centres, HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party's Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa bagged 117,540...

Bridges Division one of worst ADP implementers

The Bridges Division is on the list of the worst performers among the big ministries implementing development projects, as execution of its key Padma Bridge project has faced setback, officials said on Wednesday.The Division spent only Tk 5.67 billion during July-November period of this financial year (FY), 2017-18, according to...

Summit LNG terminal project gets tax exemption

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted a fuel import terminal project from paying VAT and duty on materials and services required for construction of the facility.It issued a special order on December 17 last, signed by NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman, amid concerns expressed by the ministry of...

AB Bank gets three new directors

Three new directors have been appointed at AB Bank Limited board at its annual general meeting (AGM), held in the capital on Thursday.The newly-appointed directors of the private commercial bank (PCB) are - Moshtaque Ahmed Chowdhury, Shajir Ahmed and Shireen Scheik Mainuddin, said Mahadev Sarker Sumon, AB Bank company secretary....

Fog disrupts HSIA flight operations, ferry services

A blanket of fog once again disrupted the flight operations for six hours on Thursday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), reports UNB.Dense fog also disrupted ferry services of the country in various routes.Rezaul Karim, spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), said flight operations at the airport were...

News Watch (22-12-2017)

JS body recommends settlement of 212 audit objectionsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has recommended settlement of 212 audit objections, included in the report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), involving a total of Tk 2.22 billion. The committee made the recommendation at its 75th meeting held at Jatiya...

Buses plying the city roads often compete with each other

Buses plying the city roads often compete with each other on the way to their respective destinations shrugging off risks while intensifying gridlock. The photo was taken from Topkhana Road on Thursday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam