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Chief Justice urges DCs to facilitate justice

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed urges the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the country to work with the courts and facilitate justice.He reminded the DCs that governance and justice are not separate roads but they run in parallel leading to the same destination-a just, secure, and prosperous Bangladesh. "The future will...

Agent banking lending up 56pc, deposit 15.4pc in Q4'24

Agent banking continues changing the rural socioeconomic landscape with formal credit inflow, deposit netting, and injection of inward remittance, marking a remarkable increase in the least-developed regions.Since access to finance is one of the key challenges facing financial inclusion, lending through agent banking is explicitly beneficial to rural customers.Banking on...

BEA fractions in fracas over ad-hoc body's briefing

Fractions of the Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) were locked into an altercation centring a press conference called by its ad-hoc committee on its Eskaton office premises on Monday.The committee invited journalists to attend a briefing at 4:00 pm in a bid to reveal the disguise of the BEA-affiliated economists responsible...

Spl court rulings limit ACC's ability to quiz accused

The scope for quizzing the accused in corruption cases, especially those filed over major financial scams, becomes narrow for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as the Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka is rejecting pleas to remand the accused despite having the jurisdiction. In recent orders, the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's...

Govt to sell protein items at subsidised prices in Ramadan

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL) on Monday announced the sale of four protein items at subsidised rates in the capital during Ramadan starting February 28.Beef to be sold at Tk 650 a kg, eggs at Tk 9.50 each, or Tk 114 a dozen, dressed broiler chicken at Tk...

CNG owners collect Tk 21.60b illegally from drivers in 22 yrs

Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF) has alleged that the owners of the CNG-run auto-rickshaws have been continuously violating the government's 2007 policy and Sections 35 and 81 of the Road Transport Act 2018, reports UNB."Statistics show that CNG owners have illegally collected a total of Tk 21.60...

5 killed in Feni road crash

Five people were killed in a collision between two vehicles on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Monday while on the same day another accident involving five vehicles on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway left 20 injured, reports UNB.In Feni 5 people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a pickup...

ACC uncovers scam at Bangla Academy

Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that 175 people were secretly given appointment letters by Bangla Academy ahead of more deserving candidates based on the written, practical and oral examinations, reports UNB.In the wake of allegations of irregularities and corruption in the recruitment of manpower at Bangla Academy, an enforcement team...