ACC submits new statement to HC
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday submitted a new written statement to the High Court during the hearing on a case filed challenging a central bank circular. The circular allowed defaulters to reschedule their loans with a repayment period for 10 years and get further loans.Now the ACC says the...
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Fresh MPO list published
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled a new list of 2,730 educational institutions qualified for the monthly pay order (MPO), report agencies.The new MPO scheme will take retrospective effect from July this year. The fresh list was published from an event at the prime minister's official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday.In...
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US frets about individual freedom in Bangladesh
The United States remains concerned about the "balance" Bangladesh strikes between national security and individual freedom.The concern came at the Congressional hearing on the human rights in South Asia, according to a document of the congressional committee revealed on Wednesday.In the hearing chaired by chairman of the Congressional Committee on...
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Road safety law effective from Nov 01
The much-awaited and -discussed road safety law is going to be effective from November 01, reports bdnews24.com.The Road Transport and Highways Division announced the date in a gazette notification on Wednesday.The government earlier issued a gazette on the 'Road Transport Act 2018' on Oct 8 last year, but it did...
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No fuel for vehicles without fitness: HC
The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned not to sell fuel oil or gas to vehicles whose fitness certificates have not been renewed. The High Court bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after hearing a writ petition. The HC...
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Russian co supplying equipment
Russian company ZiO Podolsk has started supplying equipment to second unit of Rooppur nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts (mws).It has shipped the Bubbler tank, one of the critical components of nuclear power plant and part of the reactor plant pressuriser system.The tank weighs 15 tonnes, about...
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Striking players demand share of BCB revenue
The striking players have demanded a portion of Bangladesh Cricket Board revenue and fair pay for female cricketers in addition to their 11-point charter, reports bdnews24.com.They revealed the new 13-point demand at a press conference after a meeting at a Dhaka hotel on Wednesday.They announced the strike from a news...
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BSCIC cancels 11 plots' allocation
The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has cancelled allotment of 11 plots at the Savar Leather Industrial Estate. The tanners concerned have failed to construct factories on those plots and start their production according to the deal with the organisation. The BSCIC will soon issue letters in this...
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MoU inked with JICA for HSIA third terminal
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday to build third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).Civil aviation and tourism ministry and the JICA fact-finding mission inked the MoU at the secretariat.Tourism secretary Mohibul Haque and JICA deputy director Chie Miyahara signed...
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Nusrat murder case verdict today
FENI, Oct 23 (UNB): The verdict in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. The District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal set the date on September 23 after concluding hearing of arguments. Nusrat was set on fire on April 6 on the roof of...
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UK police find 39 bodies in truck
LONDON, Oct 23(Agencies): UK police on Wednesday announced the discovery of 39 dead bodies in a truck container in Essex, a county in southeast England.The truck was found at an industrial park in Grays, east of London by ambulance workers.
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Hawkers safe keeping their goods
Hawkers safekeeping their goods on the other side of a boundary wall in the Baitul Mukarram area of the city on Wednesday as a DSCC mobile court launched an eviction drive on the footpath — FE photo
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