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Govt working to make rural economy stronger

Putting emphasis on improving the lifestyle of villagers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday the government is working to make the country's rural economy stronger, reports UNB."We want to make the rural economy stronger so that people could earn enough living in their own villages and make the rural...

Police arrest three

Police took away on Saturday three persons for questioning regarding double murders from Dhanmondi area of the capital on Friday. However, the police are hunting to nab the suspect housemaid who is still at large. The victims were identified as Afroza Begum, 65, and her 18-year-old house assistant Bithi.Afroza was...

Nation Observes Jail Killing Day today

The nation will observe the Jail Killing Day today (Sunday) to pay rich tributes to four national leaders andLiberation War heroes, who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975, reports BSS.When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was detained by the Pakistani junta, the four national leaders...

VAT on aviation services to stay

The National Board of Revenue has ruled out the possibility of waiver of value added tax, or VAT, on aeronautical service charges, officials said.The VAT wing of the board has issued an order in this connection. The wing has sent it to the chairman of the civil aviation authority and...

DBBL's foreign investor sells its entire shares

A foreign corporate sponsor of the Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) has withdrawn its entire investment earlier made in the bank.Officials familiar with the matter said the foreign sponsor withdrew its investment as per their investment strategy followed across the world.Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V., one of the corporate sponsors, sold...

Private sector can help achieve SDGs

The country's private sector is vibrant enough to give the government the much-needed impetus to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, speakers have said.To make this happen, they suggested frequent dialogues with private entities to create such an atmosphere where private investors feel comfortable to work.Routine talks aside, the...

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC)

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began countrywide on Saturday. The photograph of students appearing in examinations was taken from Motijheel School and College in the city — FE photo

Rejoinder 03-11-2019

The CEGIS has protested a portion of the report, published on October 19, 2019, under the headline "Major dredging projects backfires". In a rejoinder, the CEGIS said the subtitle of the FE report "consultant's report faulty" is not correct. It has claimed that the CEGIS conducted the hydro-morphological study and...

Terror attacks in Bangladesh continue to decline: US report

The pace and magnitude of "terrorist attacks" in Bangladesh continued to decline in 2018, although a secularist writer was killed and a university professor was seriously injured in separate incidents, says a US report.The Country Reports on Terrorism 2018 released by the US Department of State on Saturday said Bangladeshi...