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Priyanka finds Hasina a great inspiration

NEW DELHI, Oct 06 (UNB): Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi met on Sunday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi and former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the meeting.During the meeting, they exchanged pleasantries and recalled their old memories.PM's Press...

NBR to link TIN database with power supply cos

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to develop a module to interlink the databases of power supplying or distributing authorities with the TIN database in a bid to bring the power consumers under tax-net.Once the module is developed, authenticity of the furnished TIN (taxpayers identification number) of the...

Dhaka gets a raw deal, say analysts

India has failed to reciprocate the generosity shown by Bangladesh, with the Prime Minister's visit to the neighbouring country yielding little in Dhaka's favour, foreign affairs analysts said on Sunday. Saying that the deals signed during the visit provided more benefit to India than Bangladesh, they argued that those fell...

Planners for reducing regional inequity

Urban and regional planners and experts came up with various suggestions, including reducing discrimination among the country's various regions and districts, at the concluding session of an international conference on Sunday.They also suggested that regional planning is very underdeveloped in the country, which must be improved. The planners emphasised listening...

Two die of dengue in Ctg, Kushtia

Two people, including a teenage girl, died of dengue while 314 people were hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito born disease across the country in the last 24 hours on Sunday, reports UNB.Of the total patients, 73 people were hospitalised in Dhaka while 241 in other parts of the...

BPC to build six oil storage tanks at Parbatipur

State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will build six oil storage tanks in Parbatipur to enhance the depot's overall storage capacity more than three-folds to 56,636 tonnes in the northern region of the country.The BPC has already floated tender for the construction of six petroleum tanks having the storage capacity of...

Sanofi staffers start stoppage from today

Tension runs high among Sanofi staffers for no signs of any positive response to their demand for compensation and other benefits before the French drug goliath's exit from Bangladesh.Having failed to receive any assurances from the management to this effect, sources said, aggrieved salespersons decided on Sunday to observe a...