Unipec Singapore Pte and Vitol Asia are set to bag contracts from Bangladesh for supplying up to 1.27 million tonnes of fuel oil like diesel, jet fuel, furnace oil and octane during the first half of next year, officials said.It would be fourth time in a row since February 2016...
Read moreIt is cheaper for Sri Lanka to trade with Brazil than Nepal which is geographically much more closer. High trade cost due to lack of better connectivity bars Sri Lanka and Nepal from expanding their bilateral trade.This scenario reflects the underlying cause of low intra-regional trade in South Asia. So,...
Read moreDhaka WASA(Water and Sewerage Authority) is expected to supply 150 million litres of ground water daily to greater Mirpur area from its Tetulzhora-Bhakurta reservoir (phase 1) at Savar upazila in Dhaka to solve the water crisis at Mirpur during the dry season.The water supply is set to start from March,...
Read moreHuman rights groups poured scorn on Tuesday on a Myanmar military investigation into alleged atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, branding it a "whitewash" and calling for UN and independent investigators to be allowed into the country, report agencies.More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August, driven out by...
Read morePresident Abdul Hamid accepted on Tuesday the resignation letter of the Chief Justice SK Sinha, reports UNB. Earlier, on Saturday, President received his resignation letter. Amid various speculations and row over the Supreme Court's 16th amendment verdict, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, now abroad, signed his resignation letter on Friday....
Read moreAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has urged the government for taking necessary steps to ensure installation of electronic cash registers (ECRs) by certain businesses to reduce the scope of corruption. In a recent letter to the Cabinet Division, the ACC said there were plenty of allegations about VAT evasion by many service...
Read moreComilla Victorians have secured another impressive win thereby beating Chittagong Vikings in the 14th match of AKS BPL T20, Powered by Shah Cement.Winning the toss in Tuesday’s second encounter, the Victorians opted to field first. Kiwi batsman Luke Ronchi gave a flying start to the Vikings. He played a great...
Read moreThe remittance of the first four months until October in the current fiscal 2017-2018 surged by 6.9 per cent more compared to the remittance in the corresponding period of the last fiscal 2016-2017, reports BSS. Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith said this while replying to a query in Parliament...
Read moreAir pollution reaches an alarming level in Tejgaon area of the capital following road digging, posing serious threats to public health. The photo of the pedestrians' sufferings was taken from Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani on Tuesday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
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