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Cyber attacks continue to rise in Bangladesh

The incidents of cyber attacks continue to rise at different commercial and service-providing outlets in the country despite taking various preventive measures. As the country achieved a good progress especially on socioeconomic front in the era of digitisation, the number of cyber related incidents is also rising.Due to a leap...

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Specialised industrial police to guard economic zones: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday that specialised industrial police force would be deployed at special economic zones, report agencies. The Prime Minister laid importance on proper training of the specialised police unit and said her government is setting up 100 special economic zones in the country. She stressed the...

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CDBL to stop share sales sans declaration

The securities regulator has asked the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) to strictly enforce the 'mandatory declarations' requirement in the case of share transfer by the sponsor-directors and placement shareholders of listed companies.The instruction came in the wake of transfers of these types of shares without such declarations.The Bangladesh Securities...

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ADB to lend more to BD

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday of extending its financial support further to Bangladesh's development in future.The Manila-based lender said it will finance more development projects in addition to the current portfolios.ADB Country Director Manmohan Parkash said this after paying a courtesy call with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa...

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Eviction drive begins to clear Buriganga of illegal structures

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) conducted drives Tuesday to remove illegal structures on the banks of the Buriganga River at Dhaka's Kamrangirchar, reports BSS."The drive began at 10 am in Kamrangichar's Nawabchar area. More than 200 brick and semi brick houses were evicted," said BIWTA Joint Director Md...

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FBCCI election on April 27

An election to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for the term of 2019-2021 will be held on April 27. The Election Board and the Election Appeal Board were formed to this effect on January 26 in a board meeting, says...

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No arrest for Kolkata police chief, says Indian SC

NEW DELHI: The chief of Kolkata police cannot be arrested but will have to turn in evidence of chit fund scams in West Bengal and cooperate with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), report agencies.India's Supreme Court gave the order on Tuesday after the central government filed a petition following...

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BD’s bumper harvest pushes Indian rice export down 10pc

MUMBAI, Feb 05 (Reuters): India's rice exports between April and December dropped 10.2 per cent from a year earlier to 8.46 million tonnes, as leading buyer Bangladesh trimmed purchases due to a bumper local harvest, a government body said.The country's buffalo meat exports during the period slumped 13.3 per cent...

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A motorbike

A motorbike used for a ride-sharing service lying on the busy Airport Road at Banani in the city on Tuesday after a speeding vehicle hit it, throwing its rider and pillion passenger to the ground — FE photo

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Facebook targets armed groups in Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 05 (Reuters): Facebook has banned four insurgent groups fighting against Myanmar's military from its social network, the company said on Tuesday, saying it wanted to prevent offline harm by removing groups it branded "dangerous organisations". The US-based social media giant says it has removed hundreds of accounts, pages...

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