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ECNEC nods Bay Terminal support, 15 other projects worth Tk 242.47b

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 16 development projects, including the Marine Infrastructure Development at the Bay Terminal. Of those, 13 are new initiatives, while the remaining three are revised proposals.The ECNEC approved two projects - one for drilling two deep exploration wells at...

BD, China sign series of MoUs

Bangladesh and China took a significant step towards deepening their people-centric cooperation with the signing of a series of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) among their academic and medical institutions in the capital on Sunday. The agreements were formalised during the opening ceremony of the "China-Bangladesh People-to-People Exchange Year: Yunnan Education...

CA leaves for Doha today

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus leaves today (Monday) for Doha on a four-day official visit to Qatar to attend the Earthna Summit-2025, reports BSS.He is set to pay the visit at the invitation of Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder...

Importers can now waive discrepant bills to ADs on reasonable grounds

The central bank has allowed banks to consider discrepant import bills, waived by importers under reasonable grounds, as eligible for payments, officials said.To bring flexibility in import trade, it has been decided that authorised dealer (AD) banks may consider discrepant import bills, waived by importers under reasonable grounds acceptable to...

Out of 800 victims, 300 'killed'

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set June 24 for submission of the investigation report in a case over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly committed over the last 15 years of Sheikh Hasina's rule, reports bdnews24.com.The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order on...

A person can be PM again taking a break after two consecutive terms: BNP

BNP wants a person to be eligible again for prime minister post for next term after taking a break following serving in this position for two consecutive tenures, reports BSS.BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed told media Sunday that there is no logic for narrowing the scope for a person to serve...

T-bill yields keep rising

The upward trend of yields on treasury bills (T-bills) continued on Sunday as banks remained reluctant to invest their excess liquidity in the securities.The cut-off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 91-day T-bills rose to 11.59 per cent on the day from the previous level of 11.45 per...

Former diplomat made special assistant to CA

The government on Sunday appointed Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, who served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Switzerland, as the special assistant to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB.Sufiur, who also served as Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia, will...

Several CNG filling stations in Dhaka are struggling to supply gas to vehicles

Several CNG filling stations in Dhaka are struggling to supply gas to vehicles due to low gas pressure for some time. In the photo taken at Shyampur's Kadamtuli, two signboards reading 'No gas' are displayed at the station. — FE Photo

Submit detailed info regarding deposit, lending rates online

The Bangladesh Bank has issued a new directive to submit the detailed info on deposit and lending rates by all the scheduled banks of the country online, reports BSS.The central bank issued such directive for introducing two new reporting formats while the directive will become effective from this month.These information...