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Bangladesh Bank allows exporters to send docs directly to buyers

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed exporters to send transport or shipping documents directly to foreign buyers for export consignments worth up to $100,000, aiming to facilitate foreign trade.Authorised Dealer (AD) banks will allow exporters to arrange transport documents in the name of foreign importers or other designated parties for...

Eid demand pushes up food prices

Prices of loose edible oils, meat and different varieties of spices increased in the city markets ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. According to traders, the supply of bottled soybean oil remained low in the market, although its official rate still remains Tk 195 a litre. Due to the supply shortage of bottled...

France urges BD to consider Airbus proposal seriously

France urges Bangladesh to give serious consideration to a proposal for the purchase of Airbus aircraft, while the country has recently done a deal on US Being buys. The request came Monday from French ambassador in Dhaka Mr Jean-Marc Séré-Char-let, who said the European manufacturer produces high-quality planes and could...

City-dwellers head home amid full-swing Eid rush

A large number of city-dwellers were seen on Monday leaving the capital by buses, launches and trains for their ancestral homes in different districts to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones.From early morning, trains carrying Eid trippers departed from the Kamalapur Railway Station.A large crowd of...

Government appoints new chiefs for RAB, SB, CID

The government has appointed new heads to three key units of the Bangladesh Police -- the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the Special Branch (SB), and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).According to a notification issued on Monday by the Police-1 branch of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the reshuffle in the...

Shopping mall in Uttara vandalised, closed

A shopping mall on Sonargaon Janapath Road in the capital's Uttara Sector-13 area was vandalised early Monday following the rumour of a rickshaw-puller's death. The unrest began after an altercation and scuffle between a rickshaw-puller and a security guard of the mall. Following this, a number of rickshaw-pullers along with...

528 flights cancelled at HSIA since Middle East conflict began

Airlines operating from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have cancelled a total of 528 international flights to Middle-Eastern destinations over the past 17 days following attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel on February 28.The information was confirmed by Muhammad Kawsar Mahmud, assistant director (public relations) of the Civil...

TIB seeks fair probe into murder of JU student Khadija

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the murder of Sharmin Jahan Khadija, a student of the Public Administration department at Jahangirnagar University (JU), and demanded a fair, neutral and swift investigation to uncover the truth behind the incident.In a press release issued on Monday, TIB urged the...

On the last banking day before Eid-ul-Fitr

On the last banking day before Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday, customers flock in large numbers to Sonali Bank's head office in the capital's Motijheel. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman