The first meeting to determine the feasibility of a bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreement with China will be held next month, officials said.The meeting was deferred twice in the last six months.A six-member Bangladesh delegation will sit with Chinese officials during June 20-21 in Beijing.Additional Secretary of the Ministry...
Read moreResidents of Doyaganj Sweeper Colony in the capital procuring water from a lorry on Wednesday, as the water pump of the area went out of order a few days back — FE Photo
Read moreThe Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken a move to introduce Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) for ensuring smooth and secured traffic movement on the national highways.According to the officials concerned, the department has already started using the system in Meghna and Meghna-Gumti bridges in a limited scale to speed...
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday encouraged implementation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects on the basis of the government-to-government (G2G) partnership with different countries, reports UNB.She also gave directives to the authorities concerned to undertake such more projects.The directives came at the second meeting of the Board of...
Read moreA civil rights platform has voiced concern that home-bound people might suffer during Eid-ul-Fitr vacation for reasons like dilapidated roads and unfit vehicles.Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) has said run-down roads and highways and faulty vehicles will be responsible for the chaotic situation.Anomalies in the transport sector will add...
Read morePresident Abdul Hamid has pardoned Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, a 'top terror' of the 1990s, who had been serving life imprisonment in a murder case, reports UNB."The President has granted the mercy petition filed by Joseph. He was ill. He was granted clemency for his treatment," Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said....
Read moreThe central bank has asked the commercial banks to keep their intermediation spread between the lending and average deposit rates within 4.0 per cent.To this end, it issued a circular on Wednesday.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) expressed concern over the recent trend of 'illogical' rise in lending rates."In recent times, interest...
Read moreThe World Bank (WB) will provide US$ 55 million in loans to help Bangladesh expand renewable energy uses in rural areas.The global lender signed an agreement with the government on Wednesday at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in Dhaka.The bank's country director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal Qimiao Fan and...
Read moreThe Cabinet Committee on Public Purchaseon Wednesday approved a total of 10 proposals, reports UNB.The proposals include one to appoint Russian state regulatory Rostekhnadzor as security and supervision consultant of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project.The committee gave the approval to the proposals at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA...
Read moreThe Ministry of Education (MOE) made significant changes to the traditionally secular Bengali language textbooks.It removed non-Muslim authors' contents and added Islamic contents to nonreligious subject matter.This was observed in the 'Bangladesh 2017 International Religious Freedom Report'.The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the USA released the report...
Read moreA person displaying his ticket at a counter in the capital's Gabtoli Bus Terminal area, as the advance sales of Eid tickets began on Wednesday — Focus Bangla
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