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Economy is stable, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said a vested quarter continues misleading people by spreading various rumours, but there is nothing for the people to be misguided, reports UNB."Today some words are being propagated in many ways and it will continue for many days. Many people can be misled. I...

78pc cropland in BD lacks essential organic matters

A distinct lack of recovery compared to higher cropping intensity has been causing a severe nutrient deficiency in soil in Bangladesh.Speakers at a World Soil Day seminar said nearly 78 per cent of the total arable land suffers a shortage of necessary organic matters.For such deficiency, they said, farmers hardly...

Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Japan and Croatia

Croatia's defender Dejan Lovren fights for the ball with Japan's forward Daizen Maeda (L) during the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Japan and Croatia at the Al-Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah, south of Doha on Monday — AFP

National body likely to decide work plan today

The National Coordination Committee on Anti-money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) is set to hold a meeting today (Tuesday).The meeting is expected to decide its work plan for bringing back the laundered money from abroad, including Swiss banks, sources said.Besides, the meeting is expected to discuss the prepared...

Evaly asked to submit customer list, details about money stuck at payment gateways

The government has asked the crisis-stricken e-commerce platform Evaly to submit the list of its customers and details about the money stuck at payment gateways, officials said.The Ministry of Commerce gave the order after the Evaly authorities sought the government's cooperation to help survive the online marketplace, which earlier faced...

Delhi blanketed in smog despite drop in stubble burning

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Reuters): India's capital, New Delhi, was engulfed in thick smog early on Monday as cooler weather exacerbated pollution, even though government data showed that crop residue burning in neighbouring states had dropped significantly.Residents of New Delhi and its suburbs endure poor air every winter as colder,...

Highest VAT award goes to 129 cos

A total of 129 companies have been nominated for awarding as most valuable contributors of value-added tax to the national exchequer in 2020-21, the fiscal year when life and business were upended by global pandemic.Officials say the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has picked nine of the recipients from national...

Forex receipts to rise by Dec

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has projected that the country's export receipts, import payments and inward remittances might increase at the end of December 2002.In its July-September 'Quarterly Review', the country's elite trade body said earnings from the country's merchandise exports are expected to reach US$...

PM to address rally in C' Bazar Dec 7

COX'S BAZAR, Dec 5 (BSS): District Awami League has completed all preparations to make the public meeting of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a grand success. They are expecting a large number of people from all walks of life to join the meeting at the heroic freedom...

SC upholds bail of convicted ACC official Enamul Basir

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir who had been earlier convicted by a trial court in a case filed over the transaction of Tk 4.0 million as bribe....

'Keraniganj to become first child labour-free zone'

The work of building the first model child labour-free district by implementing the Keraniganj project on the outskirts of the capital is already underway, stakeholders said in a meeting held at a Dhaka hotel Monday, reports UNB.The meeting was held on the progress of the national action plan prepared in...