The insurance regulator has appointed external auditors for most life insurers to verify the latter's 'high' management expenses.Insurers incur higher expenses when they procure business and such type of expenditure weakens the financial health of the companies. The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has appointed 27 auditing firms to...
Read moreThe government is chalking out the country's biggest-ever nationwide programme to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation would be celebrated even at the grassroots level from March 17, 2020 to...
Read moreBangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will incorporate the expatriate Bangladeshis and foreign nationals living here for the first time in the upcoming 6th Population and Housing Census 2021.Other than the indicators directly related to the population and housing census, around 40 per cent of SDG indicators will require population information...
Read moreState Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said the government is planning to establish cross-border maritime connectivity with other countries after neighbouring Kolkata, India."After Kolkata, we are considering establishing maritime connectivity with Assam and various states of India along with other neighbouring countries," he said after the US Ambassador...
Read moreDhaka Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Parishad, a platform of transport owners and workers, again sounded a warning against public buses operating on contract basis and without valid documents and qualified drivers.The Parishad also threatened to seize vehicles still running on the city roads on contract basis and without route permits, fitness...
Read moreIn a bid to further enhance his country's security engagement with Bangladesh, Australia's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, Paul Foley PSM is now visiting Bangladesh.The visit is aimed at bolstering joint cooperation to tackle the global scourge of terrorism and violent extremism, says a media release issued by the Australian High Commission...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Mar 20: An electronic goods godown was gutted in a fire this morning at City Gate area in the port city Chattogram. The loss of fire is estimated to be several million taka, said Fire Service sources. Sources said, the fire incident took place at godown at around 5.45...
Read moreRIYADH, Mar 20 (UNB): At least two Bangladeshi expatriates working in Saudi Arabia were killed while another was injured in a road accident on the Riyadh-Dammam Highway on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Md Shaheen of Bagerhat district and Md Saiful Islam of Feni sadar and the injured is Md...
Read moreBenapole customs authority, confiscated on Wednesday an Indian truck loaded with about 3265.416 kilograms of Gillette Shaving foam containers worth Tk 5.0 million (50 lakh).In a press statement, the Benapole customs authority said there were 7,812 bottles in 651 cartons that some smugglers tried to illegally bring into the country....
Read moreObaidul Quader underwent a successful bypass surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, reports UNB. Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) said that cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Sivathasan Cumaraswamy, a member of the medical board treating Quader, conducted the surgery.After surgery, the Road, Transport and...
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