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Rohingya relocation unlikely this month

The government plan to start the much-trumpeted relocation of the Rohingya to Bhasanchar in the first week of October is likely to be deferred.Nearly one lakh refugees were due for relocation to the island under Hatiya sub-district in south-eastern Noakhali district.Earlier, it was planned that the process would start after...

Dhaka, Moscow for direct bank dealings

The government has made a move to address the barriers like the absence of an effective banking transaction system to tap the billion-dollar Russian market.To this end, officials said, Dhaka has started negotiations with Moscow.The development came following a charter of demands from local businessmen, they added.Domestic products like ready-made...

Passengers suffer as Biman’s casual workers abstain

Casual workers of the state carrier the Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday suspended work abstention programme after the management's assurance. The programme that lasted for about nine hours caused sufferings to passengers at the Dhaka airport. As many as 1,500 casual workers took positions in front of the headquarters of...

Don’t place issue in board meeting beyond agenda

The central bank has asked the banks not to consider any issue beyond the agenda in their board meetings.If there is any urgent matter to be considered beyond the agenda, then the proper justifications for the same must be incorporated in the respective meeting minutes, said a Bangladesh Bank (BB)...

MPs have Tk 11m unpaid phone bills

MPs have not paid more than Tk 11 million in phone bills until 2011-12 and the government phone company has not heard from them despite repeated reminders, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) was asked to adjust the dues through the Parliament Secretariat when the issue came up at...

Three die in Cox’s Bazar, N’ganj ‘gunfights’

Reported gunfights in Maheshkhali and Teknaf upazilas in Cox's Bazar district, and Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj district between police and 'criminals' early Sunday left a suspected terrorist and two drug peddlers dead, reports UNB.In Cox's Bazar, the suspected terrorist Prokash, alias Mahmud Karim, son of Yusuf Ali and an accused...

S Asia Maritime & Logistics Forum begins October 09

Dhaka will host an international maritime and logistics forum in the second week of this month (October) in an effort to boost the shipping sector related trade and industry of south Asian countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the Second South Asia Maritime and Logistics Forum-2018 as...

BD girls crush Pakistan 17-0 in SAFF football

Bangladesh U-18 Women's team smartly reach the semifinal of the maiden SAFF U-18 Women's Championship from Group B crushing Pakistan by 17-0 goals in their first appearance at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Sunday evening, reports UNB.They led the first half by 8-0 goals.Siraj Jahan Shopna made double...

Right to Information Day parading

A procession marking the Right to Information Day parading through an area in Sylhet city on Sunday — Focus Bangla