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Railway resumes full services

Bangladesh Railway started full-fledged operation on Wednesday after three and a half month services on limited scale due to coronavirus pandemic, reports UNB.The Railways Ministry allowed trains to carry passengers at their full capacity from today.All the trains have started journey to different destinations since the morning, Railways Minister Md...

Allegations surface over evading Tk 25b VAT

The VAT authority unearthed VAT evasion worth Tk24.73 billion allegedly by three subsidiaries of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in a recent scrutiny.The Chittagong Customs, VAT and Excise Commissionarate has recently made the demand and served a show cause notice on the BPC's units seeking explanation to the unpaid tax.Of the...

Trump hosts Israel-UAE-Bahrain Abraham Accords signing

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a signing ceremony Tuesday at the White House for the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, reports Voice of America. "These visionary leaders will sign the first two peace deals between Israel and the...

Boro procurement falls short of target by 1.0m tonnes

The government has failed to meet the target of procurement of Boro rice and paddy for this season even after the procurement period was extended by 15 days.During the period that ended on Tuesday last, the food department has managed to purchase 0.94 million tonnes of rice and paddy against...

97pc aspirants ignorant about formal service

About 97 per cent of the Bangladeshi women aspirants surveyed do not know about formal services regarding migration at community level in Bangladesh, a study revealed on Wednesday.Of the total respondents, only 5.0 per cent know about available training for women in their community on planned, safe and orderly migration.Besides,...

MP Shahid stands trial in Kuwait today

A Kuwait court will open trial against Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and eight others over the charges of human trafficking and money laundering today(Thursday), reports bdnews24.com.Two Kuwaiti lawmakers Saadoun Hammad and Salah Khorshid are facing trial for 'taking bribe' from Shahid.Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al...

Bangladesh to send workers to six more countries

The government has taken an initiatives to send workers to six new countries as a part of efforts to export manpower to alternative labour markets, reports UNB.The countries are Cambodia, Poland, China, Romania, Croatia and Seychelles, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Bangladesh Missions abroad are working relentlessly so that the...

India's infections cross 5.0m

The global coronavirus death count soared to 940,804 Wednesday, according to www.worldometers.info tally, report agencies.According to the data, the globally confirmed cases now stand at 29,813,565.The US, which is the worst affected country, has reported 6,604,156 confirmed cases with 195,735 fatalities.It is followed by India with 5,060,818 cases and 82,066...