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Cabinet approves draft financial inclusion strategy

The government has approved the draft of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy in order to bring maximum number of people under the financial accounting system and arrange the financial benefits for them, reports UNB.Both the Bengali and English versions of the draft were cleared at the cabinet meeting on Monday,...

Traffic management in disarray

Bangladesh is still at the primitive stage of traffic management for which the roads cannot be used at their optimum level creating nagging traffic congestion, experts have said. Professor Hadiuzzaman, director of accident research institute (ARI) at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has identified several factors behind inoperable...

Former Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali passes away

Former deputy speaker and valiant freedom fighter Col(retd) Shawkat Ali died at a hospital in the city on Monday. He was 84, report agencies.Shawkat Ali breathed his last around 9:30 am while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka with various old age complications, said Tarique Mahmud, director (media)...

BD to seek relaxation of APTA rules of origin

Bangladesh is set to put forward some proposals including seeking relaxation of Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) rules of origin during the ensuing Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) meeting, officials said. The Bangladesh side will also request Chinese entrepreneurs to set up joint venture industries in Bangladesh, they added.Other proposals to...

Central bank eases digital payment

The central bank has allowed banks, mobile financial and payment service providers to open personal retail accounts of micro merchants to help them get digital payment against their sales of goods and services."We've taken the initiative to allow micro merchants and service providers to use the digital payment system for...

10,000 BD workers may get jobs in Brunei next year

Bangladeshi workers are likely to get an opportunity to go to Brunei with jobs next year, as the country will start a new project that will create scopes of employment for many foreign workers, officials said.According to the officials, Brunei will start an oil refinery project next year, where at...

BD gets $1.0b remittance in 12 days

The country has received US$1.066 billion as remittance in first twelve days of this month, according to a release of the Ministry of Finance.From July 1 to November 12 of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, a total of $9.891 billion came as remittance, up by 43.42 per cent from...

Global Covid cases near 55 million

Global coronavirus cases neared 55 million with 1,326,859 on Monday since the virus emerged in China late last year, report agencies.Over 54.97 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world.According to the data compiled by Worldometers, the total number of coronavirus cases stand at 54,326, 211 as of Monday...