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Govt moves to set lifespan of new roads, buildings

The government has moved to determine the lifetime of all new public-sector roads and buildings to be built across the country, officials said.The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has recently asked all the government secretaries to take steps in this regard.The PMO directives on 'road and building maintenance' came amid reports...

ACC to submit probe report soon, says chairman

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will soon submit investigation report of the Barapukuria coal scam case, its chief said on Monday.Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said the commission has almost finished the investigation process and is planning to submit it to the court."One or two more people might need to be interrogated," he...

Samakal editor Golam Sarwar no more

The daily Samakal editor Golam Sarwar passed away at a hospital in Singapore on Monday. He was 75.He died at the Singapore General Hospital at 9.25pm Bangadesh time.Veteran journalist of the country Sarwar was suffering from cardiac diseases and lung complications.Earlier on July 29, Golam Sarwar, also the president of...

Local residents helplessly watching the wrath of Kholpetua River

Local residents helplessly watching the wrath of Kholpetua River at Ashashuni in Satkhira on Monday after tidal waves destroyed the major portion of a cross-dam that they built on voluntary services, flooding croplands and fishery projects — Focus Bangla

NBR makes EFD installation mandatory for businesses

Some 13 types of businesses in city corporation area will have to install Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on their premises by November 01, 2018 to keep recorded data on financial transactions.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an order, dated August 09, 2018 in this regard, making it mandatory for...

Minister happy with 0.01pc project work!

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 13: Only 0.01 per cent work on the Chattogram City Waterlogging Mitigation Project is done in more than three months' time.But the performance has satisfied the monitoring committee of the Tk 56.16 billion project.The Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) undertook the project to re-excavate 36 canals.The Army Engineering Brigade...

Cabinet okays bill recognising Qawmi Dawrae Hadith

The Cabinet approved on Monday in principle the draft of a bill framed to recognise Dawrae Hadith (Takmil) Certificate in Qawmi Madrasah with the status of post-graduate degrees of Islamic Studies and Arabic, reports UNB.The approval came at the Cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair...

Tk 0.45 per minute minimum call rate for all mobile operators

Regulator BTRC has fixed Tk 0.45 per minute as the uniform minimum call rate for all mobile phone operators, reports bdnews24.com.The new rate was scheduled to go into effect from Monday midnight, BTRC has written to the chief executives of the four operators. Currently, the telecom operators charge the customers...

B’desh emerge group champions beating Nepal

Defending champions Bangladesh U-15 Women's team emerged Group B champions with all-win record to reach the semifinals of the six-nation 2nd SAFF U-15 Women's Championship beating Nepal by 3-0 goals in their 2nd and last group affairs at Changlimithan Stadium in Thimphu on Monday, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play hosts Bhutan...

Old habits die hard-

For quite some time now, safety on roads has been dominating our thoughts, talks and gossips all around. Whether publicly or privately, the need for safety on the road has become the focal point of our discussions at all forums showing that desperation has grown to stop accidents on our...

Planning Minister eyes $7.0b to $8.0b FDI in current fiscal

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Monday expressed the hope that the country is expected to witness a record $7.0 billion to $8.0 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the current fiscal year due to favourable conditions, reports BSS."We are expecting much more FDI in the current year as we have...

Overhead Internet cables

Overhead Internet cables, installed by different operators in the buildings, hanging like cobweb near the Dhaka Stock Exchange at Motijheel in the capital on Monday — FE Photo

Activists of Garments Sramik Odhikar Andolon

Activists of Garments Sramik Odhikar Andolon staging a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Monday, demanding Tk 16,000 as the minimum monthly wage for RMG workers and payment of their wages and bonus before the Eid-ul-Azha — Focus Bangla