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Govt revising down fund allocations

The interim government has asked ministries to halt fund allocations for infrastructure development, car purchase, land acquisition and foreign tours by public servants as part of revising down the current national budget.To this end, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked not to demand higher fund allocations against any projects...

ICMAB recognises 46 organisations

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) on Thursday recognised 46 listed and non-listed organisations in 17 categories for their best corporate practices based on financial parameters and non-financial indicators. Winners of the ICMAB Best Corporate award are recognised with gold, silver and bronze categories. Dr. Salehuddin...

Find $1.0tn a year for poor countries

BAKU, Nov 14 (Reuters): Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme...

Weekly service on anvil for higher cargo demand

A local shipping company, which has been on trial for a direct shipping route between Karachi and Chattogram, now plans to offer weekly services for an increased cargo demand on this line.Previously, this vessel used to ply the Dubai-Chattogram route.It has launched shipping through Karachi on a trial basis as...

Oil, potato get pricier; veggies cheaper

The prices of edible oils, potatos, and eggs increased further last week, while that of vegetables showed a decline.Loose soybean-oil prices increased to Tk 170-172 a litre, and super palm oil to Tk 164-165 a litre.Traders said oil prices had witnessed a Tk 10-12 hike a litre in a week...

Tarique Zia vows to curb power abuse, autocracy if BNP returns

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party, if returns to power, will build Bangladesh in such a way that no one, not even the prime minister, can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat, reports UNB.He came up with the remarks while speaking from London virtually at a...

Shot during uprising, Abdullah dies

Md Abdullah, a college student who was shot during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests on Aug 5, has died at a hospital in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.He died at 7:30am on Thursday while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital, said Abdullah's father Abdul Jabbar.The 23-year-old was a political science...

Dengue: Five more die

Five people have died of dengue, while 1,107 more patients been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease throughout Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 415 were admitted to hospital in Dhaka among the new...