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PM inspects 'Hangsabalaka'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inspected newly procured second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner -- the most state-of-the-art aircraft named 'Hangsabalaka' -- at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city, reports UNB.The Prime Minister boarded the new aircraft and went round its different zones, including the cockpit.On the occasion, a munajat...

Stakeholders' coordination key to achieving SDGs

Speakers at a programme said effective coordination among the government departments and other stakeholders is the key to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) properly and in time.They also emphasised empowering the local government institutions through decentralisation and providing them with required resources to get better output from the SDG...

Dr Kamal urges all to stay alert for neutral polls

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday urged all, including the media, to remain alert about any move to hamper an impartial and credible election, reports UNB.Talking to reporters while inaugurating Oikyafront's new office at the capital's Bijoynagar, he also said their alliance will unveil their election manifesto by...

Use full powers to curb polls irregularities, CEC asks EICs

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has directed the Electoral Inquiry Committees (EICs) to exercise their full powers to check irregularities during the upcoming 11th parliamentary election."You must use your full powers to check irregularities during the election," he told the heads of the committees in a training session...

SAFA confce in Dhaka on Dec 08

A daylong international conference of chief financial officers (CFOs) will begin in the city on December 08.The CFOs of South Asian Federation of Accountancy (SAFA) Conference is being held with a theme 'The Future of Finance: Digitise, Drive and Transform'.Representatives from different South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal,...

Export earnings grow 17.24pc in five months

Merchandise export earnings in the first five months of the current fiscal year stood at $17.07 billion, a 17.24 per cent rise from the same period last year.Official data showed exports fetched $14.56 billion in the July-November period of fiscal year (FY) 2017-18.The export performance was 12.07 per cent higher...

BD 7th most affected country in extreme weather conditions

Bangladesh is the seventh most affected country in the world due to "extreme weather events" over the last 20 years from 1998 -2017, says a new global report, reports UNB.The other top nine affected countries are Puerto Rico (1), Honduras (2), Myanmar (3), Haiti (4), the Philippines (5), Nicaragua (6),...

CCCI urges govt to restore bulk LPG supply

CHATTOGRAM, Dec 05: The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the concerned authority in the government to restore supply of bulk LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to avoid any artificial crisis and ensure a level-playing field for the businesses and protect consumer rights.In separate urgent letters on Wednesday to...