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Traditional sail boats still ply the Buriganga alongside mechanised vessels.

Traditional sail boats still ply the Buriganga alongside mechanised vessels. Many people depend on them to eke out a living. The photograph was taken from Gandaria Mill Barrack area in the city on Saturday — FE photo

StanChart's sales pitch for B'desh

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has unveiled a guidebook to help Japanese businesses invest and operate in Bangladesh. The book titled "Doing business in Bangladesh" offers detailed information and guidelines in both Japanese and English, was launched at an event on Thursday night in Dhaka. Speaking on the occasion, CEO of Standard...

More informal sectors brace for legal wage coverage

The government has taken a move to bring some labour-intensive informal sectors under regulations thereby fixing minimum wages for the workers in those sectors to ensure their lawful rights.To this end, the labour ministry recently instructed the Department of Labour (DoL) and the Minimum Wage Board (WB) to pick new...

Shamim, Kalabagan Club chief on 10 days' remand each

A Dhaka court placed on Saturday 'Jubo League leader' Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim on 10 days' remand in two cases filed under the narcotics control and arm acts, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhter granted a five-day remand in each case.The court also put Shamim's seven bodyguards on...

MoC seeks proposal for setting up rawhide cooling facilities

The Ministry of Commerce has sought a comprehensive proposal from traders' groups for establishing cold storage facilities to help ensure the quality of rawhide and skins, officials said.To this end, they said, the ministry has advised them to submit their proposals including detailed information on land by this month. It...

College student, woman die of dengue in Kushtia, Mymensingh

Two more died of dengue fever in Kushtia and Mymensingh on Saturday, report agencies. A college student died on way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Tarek, 18, son of Mahim Uddin of Shamnagar village of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia and a student of...

Pleasure trip turns tragic!

DINAJPUR, Sept 21 (UNB): Two students of Haji Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University and another of Dinajpur Govt Women's College drowned as a boat capsized in Ashura Beel in Nababganj upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Ashfak Dipto, a student of Civil Engineering Department, Rafid Hasan...