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No more 'unfavourable' foreign aid

State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam on Saturday said Bangladesh prefers trade partnership to overseas assistance as the country has decided to scale down its aid dependence."We want to reduce our dependence on foreign assistance and we want preferable trade negotiations, not free aid," he said.As an emerging...

PM asks DUCSU leaders to maintain peaceful atmosphere on campus

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Saturday the newly-elected DUCSU leaders to maintain peaceful atmosphere on the campus, saying that her government wants to further develop the country by utilising the talents of the youths, reports BSS."We want the universities are run beautifully and for this, there must have proper...

Overseas jobs for BD workers drop by 23pc in Jan-Feb

The number of outbound Bangladeshi workers continues to fall over months with a significant number of expatriates returning home from abroad. According to the official data, the country's outbound jobs declined by about 23 per cent in the first two months of the current year compared to the corresponding period...

Mashiur urges pvt lenders to snap up stakes in problem banks

Since the state-owned banks get budgetary support to meet their liquidity shortage, they should come forward to salvage their troubled peers, Prime Minister's economic advisor Dr Mashiur Rahman said on Saturday. "Banks are getting budgetary support to meet liquidity shortage. Fiscal strength is really helping banks," he said.Private commercial banks...

Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman speaking

Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman speaking at the publication ceremony of a book by the former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Salehuddin Ahmed at BRAC Centre Inn in the city on Saturday Story on Page 1 — FE photo

Khosru hails BD part of US report on HR practices

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury hailed on Saturday the Bangladesh part of US State Department's annual country report on human rights practices, saying it revealed what is there on people's mind, reports UNB."The (US) report spoke people's mind. It represented what Bangladeshi people are holding in their mind....

DCCI seeks DFQF mkt access to China

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) urged the Chinese ambassador in Bangladesh to quickly implement duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) market access to China.It also urged the envoy to encourage his country's businessmen to make more investments in the readymade garment (RMG) sector's product diversification. The trade body made...

Experts for right use of steroid in glaucoma treatment

Ophthalmologists at a programme on Saturday suggested more responsible and appropriate use of steroid by physicians in treating eyes so that people can avoid any attack of glaucoma.At present there are 20-30 per cent steroid-induced glaucoma patients out of the total 3.5 million in the country. The rate of awareness...

Pak army shoots down 'spying quadcopter' along LoC

The Pakistan Army shot down a "spying quadcopter" in the Rakhchikri sector along the Line of Control (LoC), Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday.In a post shared on Twitter, the DG ISPR said the quadcopter had come 150 metres inside of Pakistan...