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State entities must directly deposit DSL with exchequer

State-owned entities will be required to directly deposit their debt-service liability (DSL) with the exchequer through automated chalan to avoid payment delay and account mismatch, officials said, as arrears ballooned.The ministry of finance made the decision last week as arrears accumulated over Tk 2.18 trillion with 142 state-owned entities as...

Seven-year-old Musa sent to Singapore for treatment

Basit Khan Musa, who has been fighting for his life for the last 94 days, was sent to Singapore on Tuesday for better medical treatment.Seven-year-old Musa was shot in the head on July 19 near his residence in Rampura during the July-August uprising. He was with his grandmother at that...

New gas reserve found in Sylhet well

New gas reserve has been found in another well in Sylhet Gas Field, Managing Director of Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL) Mizanur Rahman said on Tuesday.He said the new gas was found at the Well No. 7 of the gas field after completion of the drilling.He said the field is...

Bids invited to import 3 more LNG cargoes for Nov delivery

State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated three fresh tenders to purchase three spot LNG cargoes for November delivery.The bid winners would deliver the cargoes at Moheshkhali island on November 12-13, November 16-17 and November 23-24, and discharge the fuel at either of the country's two floating storage...

252 cadet SIs in Sarda dismissed for 'agitating over snacks'

The government has dismissed 252 cadet sub-inspectors for 'causing a commotion over the snacks served' at the rehearsal of the graduation parade in Sarda Academy.The batch, recruited during the Awami League regime, included 804 members, reports bdnews24.com.Three other members of the batch had previously been dismissed, taking the total number...

157 Bangladeshis return from Libya

A group of 157 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, who wanted to voluntarily return home from Libya, arrived in Dhaka early Tuesday. They arrived by a chartered flight of Buraq Air at 4:25 am following a joint effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, Libya and the International...

Karnaphuli boatmen call off strike

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 22: The boatmen of the Karnaphuli River withdrew their strike on Tuesday, a day after launching it for an indefinite period to meet their demands.Sources said the boatmen called off their protest programme following a successful meeting with Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Administrator Md Tofail Islam.Earlier on Monday,...

7 more deaths reported

Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 257 this year.During the period, 1, 139 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Of them, 230...

Workers of Generation Next Fashion Limited stage a demonstration at Baipail crossing

Workers of Generation Next Fashion Limited stage a demonstration at Baipail crossing on the Nabinagar-Chandra highway for the second day on Tuesday, demanding payment of outstanding wages and reopening of closed readymade garment factories in the Ashulia industrial hub in Dhaka. — Focus Bangla