The ECNEC approved installation of a high-voltage power transmission line project at a cost of Tk 2.25 billion in a bid to import power from Jharkhand in India.Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Tuesday endorsed the project along...
Read moreHinting at purchasing two more Boeing aircraft for Bangladesh Biman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Tuesday the authorities of the national flag carrier to work with honesty and sincerity to ensure the quality of passenger services, reports BSS."Apart from the existing aircraft, three Dash Bombardier planes will be added...
Read moreKABUL, Sept 17 ( Reuters): An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed 24 people and injured 31 others, a health official said, but Ghani was unhurt according to an aide.Ghani had been due to address the rally in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, north...
Read moreBangladesh is set to hold trilateral talks with China and Myanmar over the ongoing Rohingya crisis during the UN General Assembly in New York this month, reports bdnews24.com.The foreign ministry made the disclosure at a meeting with its parliamentary oversight committee on Tuesday, confirmed Mohammed Faruk Khan, the head of...
Read moreUN human rights experts have raised new concerns about the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a deadly backlash over the killing of a ruling party official, reports AFP.The experts called for an "impartial" investigation into the deaths of at least six Rohingya men in gunfights with police after...
Read moreBangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) have rejected the gazette of the Ninth Wage Board Award as it goes against the interests of journalists.But two other factions of the entities have hailed the prime minister for announcing the wage board award and urged the...
Read moreThe central bank has backtracked from its previous decision of slashing the banks' advance-deposit ratio (ADR) in order to help them invest more for achieving expected economic growth by the end of this fiscal year (FY), 2019-20.Under the revised decision, the ADR remains unchanged at 85 per cent for all...
Read moreFollowing on from the government's stated zero tolerance on corruption there has been a spate of individuals being hauled up by the Anti Corruption Commission mostly based on tip-offs. The drive isn't an easy one in a country where the malady has seeped through almost all sections of society. This...
Read morePresident of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation, effective on January 16, 2020. The election for the new president of the Manila-based multilateral lender will be in accordance with the open, transparent and merit-based procedure, said an ADB press release on Tuesday.Takehiko Nakao had assumed office...
Read moreA Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred again the date for submitting the investigation report on a case filed in connection with the stolen money from Bangladesh Bank's (BB) account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury fixed October 20 for submitting the report...
Read moreTwo schoolgirls died of dengue in Dhaka and Kushita on Tuesday while the government said 615 new patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours, reports UNB.Eleven-year-old Tarin, a fifth grader, and daughter of Nasir Talukdar from Gosairhat upazila of Shariatpur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...
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