The Indian anti-dumping authority has again extended the timeframe for responding to its questionnaire by Bangladeshi jute bag exporters for anti-circumvention investigation.The fresh deadline, fixed by the Indian Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), is June 08, 2018. The DGAD issued a notification to this effect on May...
Read moreThe government said it cannot say exactly when it can start the process of Rohingya repatriation, after missing the January deadline.According to an 'arrangement' signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh in last November in Myanmar's capital, the repatriation was supposed to start in January this year.But the latest development proved that...
Read moreThe US ambassador Marcia Bernicat on Monday called for a "prompt decision" from the government and the apparel makers on extending the mandates of Accord and Alliance in Bangladesh. "I urge the BGMEA (Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association) and the government of Bangladesh to come to a quick resolution...
Read moreThe government has formed a high-powered committee to formulate a policy guideline regarding venture capital and investment eco-system in the country. The 10-member body is asked to prepare the guideline on venture capital and investment within the next six weeks. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued a gazette notification,...
Read moreOnce again, there is a sad story of the plight of our people in the Middle East, biggest hub of our expatriate workers. According to some reports, hundreds of women workers who went to Saudi Arabia as house-maid, have returned home dismayed, disgruntled and disillusioned. They preferred to return home...
Read moreTeesta water sharing is not possible without the consent of the West Bengal government, Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday."No resolution to the Teesta issue is possible without taking all stakeholders on board," Sushma told reporters. "The solution cannot be achieved merely by the two governments- the...
Read moreThe High Court granted on Monday bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases of Cumilla and rejected the bail petition in a defamation case of Narail, reports UNB.A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice JBM Hasan gave the order.The HC fixed the date for...
Read moreThe ruling Awami League has briefed Dhaka-based diplomats on the latest 'political issues' of Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.Over 50 diplomats from different countries attended the briefing organised by the party's newly constituted international affairs sub-committee at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka on Monday.Diplomats were provided with dossiers on Bangladesh's "impressive" socio-economic development...
Read morePakistan appointed on Monday former chief justice Nasir-Ul-Mulk as caretaker prime minister until a general election on July 25 which is expected to usher in the second-ever democratic transition in the nuclear armed nation of 208 million people, reports bdnews24.com.The interim administration does not usually make any major decisions until...
Read moreWorkers of a small factory at Gausia Market in the city sleeping on Monday morning after hard work at night — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam
Read moreThe cabinet approved on Monday the draft of "The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Act, 2018" incorporating provisions of harsher punishment in the existing law, reports UNB.The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.Cabinet Secretary...
Read morePolice recovered the beheaded body of a woman from city's Agargaon area on Monday.Police sources said, a traffic constable first saw the body on a road opposite Bangabandhu International Conference Center around 11:30am. Latter, members of the Kafrul police satiation recovered the body and sent it to Suhrawardy Mediccal College...
Read moreWorn-out buses getting a facelift ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr at Kajla in the city on Monday — Focus Bangla
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