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PM for new items, markets to boost jute export

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to work sincerely for unlocking the huge potentials of jute and jute products, reports UNB."Jute is our national asset...this is an agricultural product and industrial material as well...its multipurpose use is important for us...we can expedite our socioeconomic development by using it,"...

Govt likely to share 2.0pc VAT with ECR vendors

The revenue board may share up to 2.0 per cent of VAT with the vendors of electronic cash register (ECR) for their after-sales monitoring service, as the existing system floundered.Sources said the revenue board opted for revenue sharing to encourage the computing-machine suppliers to ensure failsafe operation of the machines...

94pc women face sexual abuse on public transport: Survey

Around 94 per cent women fall victim to different types of sexual harassment, including molestation, on public transport in the country, reveals a survey.The findings of the survey were made public at a report presentation programme titled 'Safe road for women: Reducing sexual harassment and road crash in Bangladesh' held...

BUET signals end of lifespan for 8,421 CNG-run autos

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has recommended no extension of lifespan of CNG-run auto-rickshaws pressed into service in 2002.The recommendation was made to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) after fitness test conducted by BUET. A report in this connection was received by the BRTA on Tuesday. According...

BD ranks 57th most-powerful military in world

Bangladesh's military is placed 57th on a global index that has ranked 133 countries on the basis of their global military prowess, reports UNB.According to the Global Fire Power Index 2017, the US ranked first, followed by Russia, China, and India while Pakistan ranked the 13th while Myanmar 31th on...

BNP says Khaleda deprived of legal right to get bail

BNP on Tuesday alleged that its chairperson Khaleda Zia is being deprived of her constitutionally guaranteed legal right to get bail through various tricks resorted by the government, reports UNB."Our leader Khaleda Zia has been kept in jail in a completely false case. She is not being given bail depriving...

Ctg port cargo transport operators withdraw strike

CHITTAGONG, Mar 6: Transport operators withdrew their strike and resumed transportation of cargo from the off-docks of Chittagong Port today after a successful meeting of all stakeholders.The transport owners and workers who went on the strike on Monday called it off at 11:00am on Tuesday after a meeting with the...