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Ensure timely payment of wages to workers

BGMEA President Md Siddiqur Rahman called on apparel makers on Wednesday for making timely payment of wages and other allowances to their workers. He also sought cooperation from all, including the workers, to implement the new wage structure in ready-made garment (RMG) sector from next month (December). "I request the...

EC assures Oikya Front of looking into demands

The Election Commission (EC) assured the Jatiya Oikya Front leaders on Wednesday that it would consider their demands, including further deferment of the general election, according to the leaders of the opposition alliance. The assurance came at a meeting between the EC and the Jatiya Oikya Front held at the...

Work for party candidates

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina asked the nomination seekers to work for the party-nominated candidates shunning personal conflicts in the coming 11th general election scheduled to be held on December 30, reports UNB.She gave the directives on Wednesday while addressing the nomination seekers at the beginning of the Awami League...

Level-playing field not possible keeping me in jail: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia told on Wednesday a court that a level-playing field cannot be ensured for all political parties in the upcoming general election keeping her and her party leaders in jail, reports UNB."While everyone is busy with the election, we've been confined to the court. We're conducting our...

Pence slams Suu Kyi over treatment of Rohingya

SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (AFP): The violence which drove 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh was "without excuse", US Vice President Mike Pence told Aung San Suu Kyi in stinging comments on Wednesday.On the sidelines of a summit in Singapore Pence piled the pressure on Myanmar's de facto leader, calling...

Fairs fetch over Tk 5.5b in income tax on 2nd day

National Board of Revenue (NBR) received Tk 5.51 billion income tax on Wednesday, the second day of tax fairs that kicked off Tuesday.Tax fairs took place in a total of 62 areas across the country on Wednesday, including eight divisional headquarters, 35 districts and 19 upazilas, said a statement of...

Husbands to receive dead wives' pension

The husbands of female government employees will receive pension for lifetime if they do not marry after the death of their wives.They will receive the money under the family pension facility.To this end, Finance Division issued a circular on Wednesday.It replaced section 'cha' of family pension facility with the changed...

West Bengal can't be Bangla, says Delhi

KOLKATA: The Indian central government has returned the state's proposal to rename itself as 'Bangla' suggesting instead the name 'Paschimbanga', which is favoured by the state unit of BJP. The ministry of external affairs has objected to the name citing its similarity with Bangladesh, report agencies. The Mamata Banerjee government...

Income Tax Fair-2018

People waiting in a queue to file their returns at the Income Tax Fair-2018 on Wednesday, the second day, at Officers Club in the city — FE photo