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Trouble brews over owning deceased’s bank deposits

Conflicting legal provisions centring the ownership of bank deposits and investment in savings tools of deceased persons are often forcing their successors to resort to legal battle among themselves.According to legal professionals, disputes do generally surface in the case of deceased persons leaving behind more than one family. The members...

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Insurers lick lips as fixed commission takes effect

Local non-life insurers expect to bag an additional income of Tk 10 billion, helped by the implementation of a 15 per cent agent commission. The commission against business procurement has been made effective since August. "To my mind, the new commission system will add at least Tk 10 billion boost...

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Hasina asks party men to win over people

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Saturday the Awami League leaders and workers to work for fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people by keeping up their confidence and trust to take root in the party, reports BSS."Bangladesh Awami League has been able to earn confidence and trust of...

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Industrial energy supply barriers to be addressed

The government has moved to remove the constraints that stand in the way of supplying electricity and natural gas to the industries, thus ramping up factory output.A committee comprising representatives of both the public and private sector, which is headed by chairman of state-run Bangladesh Energy & Power Research Council,...

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A necessary predicament

According to transport experts, the decision to allow 2.7 million motorcycles on the streets was a wrong idea given the nature of our roads. The Bridges and Roads Minister Obaidul Kader reportedly echoes the view but is in favour of regulating the vehicles rather than destroying the sector. One of...

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Assam NRC final list published online

The Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) list with individual statuses of all the 33 million applicants was published online on Saturday. All the individuals in Assam, who were a part of the Assam NRC exercise meant to root out the illegal immigrants from the state, can now check their...

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'Ninth Wage Board' gazette published

The government has published in form of a gazette the "Ninth Wage Board Award" for journalists and workers of newspapers and news agencies, reports BSS.The ministry of information published the gazette dated September 12 on its website which will come into effect from the date of publication.The government on January...

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Students of 12 schools created a human formation to disseminate the message "Stop Emissions Now"

Students of 12 schools created a human formation to disseminate the message "Stop Emissions Now" at the Boishakhi playground at Rayerbazar in the city on Saturday — Collected

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