Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday the compound interest rate of bank loans is not feasible in modern times.He said the borrowers do not want to pay 14-16 per cent interest in bank loans, thus becoming defaulters. "What's the benefit of it? You won't get back the money....
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said her government has been working to make all the villages beautiful in a planned way by ensuring all the civic amenities alongside protecting bio-diversity as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, report agencies."It is needed to arrange all the villages...
Read moreThe ministry of finance sits today (Thursday) with five private banks to apprise them of the procedure of handling the automated challans.The meeting will be held in the city's Institute of Public Finance (IPF). Challan is an official form or document, a piece of paperwork, citation, etc used to credit...
Read moreOnly two district hospitals of the country have intensive care units (ICUs) and only five district hospitals -- including the mentioned two -- have coronary care units (CCUs), said a report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The five district hospitals, which contain 14 ICU beds and 59 CCU...
Read moreThe High Court (HC) ordered on Wednesday the concerned bodies of the government to take more effective measures and to spray medicine in an intensive way across the country-including the capital city-to destroy the breeding fields of the Aedes mosquitoes in order to prevent dengue.The court said that if necessary...
Read moreThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has slashed Advance Income Tax (AIT) on import of raw materials for local steel manufacturers by Tk 300 per tonne.The reduced rate will come into force from July 1 with a retrospective effect. However, ship-braking industry will not be entitled to enjoy the reduced...
Read moreNEW DEWLHI, Aug 28(Agencies): India's Supreme Court has agreed to hear petitions against the federal government's decision to revoke special status for Indian-administered Kashmir, report agencies.The region has been under lockdown since August 05 when it was stripped of its partial autonomy. The court said a five-judge constitution bench would...
Read moreThe government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline, reports BBC. Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on October 14, to outline his "very exciting...
Read moreVictims of August 16 fire incident at Chalantika slum of Rupnagar in Mirpur area of the city receiving food being distributed by a charitable organisation on Wednesday — FE photo by KAZ Sumon
Read moreBangladesh will brief the diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation over the Rohingya issue today (Thursday) as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and trust-deficit among them, reports UNB.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Mome will brief the diplomats and...
Read moreBEIRUT, Aug 28 (AFP): Air raids hit near a Turkish military post in northwest Syria Wednesday, a war monitor said, after Ankara vowed to take necessary steps to protect its troops deployed across the border.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes fired at areas surrounding a Turkish observation post...
Read moreTIB Director Iftekharuzzaman speaking at the launching of a report on "Parliamentwatch" at Midas Centre in the city on Wednesday — bdnews24.com
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