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BD should readjust foreign policy in line with changing global dynamics

Bangladesh should readjust its foreign policy in line with the changing global dynamics to make 'real' friends by transforming the small delta into a hotspot for foreign direct investment (FDI), experts suggested on Wednesday.According to the speakers, the recent Rohingya exodus has shown Bangladesh really does not have friends to...

Frame clear guidelines to implement new VAT law

Policymakers and stakeholders have recommended the government to frame clear guidelines for the private sector for implementation the new VAT law, after identifying the main reasons as to why the law could not be implemented and had to defer by two years.They also suggested making the guidelines public to remove...

2017 sees 2nd highest tea output in country

SYLHET, Jan 10: The country's tea production declined by about 10 million kilograms in 2017 due to unfavourable weather conditions, tea sector insiders have said.Bangladesh produced 85 million kgs of tea in the previous year (2016) which was the highest in the country's history. This year heavy rainfall and inadequate...

Poverty reduction in B’desh ‘not sustainable’

Poverty reduction in Bangladesh is not sustainable as rural people are still out of economic activities in some areas, says Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. "The government is trying to bring the country's laggard regions into the vibrant socio-economic activities to ensure sustainable poverty alleviation," he said at a press...

Two to die, three get jail unto death for war crimes

MOULVIBAZAR, Jan 10 (UNB): The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday sentenced two war criminals of Moulvibazar to death and three others to jail unto death.A three-member judge panel headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam pronounced the verdict in the morning.Of the five convicted, Md Nesar Ali and Md Ujer...

Wintry chill eases as mercury rises by 1-4 degrees Celsius

The severe cold wave sweeping over northwestern Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and western Gopalganj, Jessore and Kushtia and southwestern Satkhira has eased to some extent as the mercury recovered by 1-4 degrees Celsius across the country on Wednesday, report agencies. "Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the country...

Myanmar military says soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya

YANGON, Jan 10 (Reuters): Myanmar's military said on Wednesday its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after local Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug. "Villagers and members of the security forces have confessed that...

IS cells operate in Kabul under noses of Afghan, US forces

KABUL, Jan 10 (AFP): Middle-class Afghans turned jihadists have assisted the Islamic State group's expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan's restive east to Kabul, analysts say, helping to make the capital one of the deadliest places in the country.IS has claimed nearly 20 attacks across Kabul in 18 months, with...