Businesses should refrain from doctoring trade invoices to help keep the foreign exchange rate at a justifiable level.The government will formulate an 'exit policy' shortly for sick industries while considering allowing bonded warehouse facility for all export-oriented sectors as offered to the readymade garment (RMG) sector.Such observations came Saturday at...
Read moreAn individual cannot be the director of more than one project, Planning Minister M A Mannan has said. The Planning Minister made it clear during a meeting with all the 58 government ministries and agencies on Sunday.The meeting was organised to review the progress in implementing projects of the Annual...
Read moreMajor countries having influence over Myanmar, have agreed in principle on the proposal made by Bangladesh for creating a 'safe zone' for Rohingya in the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar."We have discussed the issue of creating a safe zone for Rohingya in Myanmar with key neighbouring countries including China. They...
Read moreAnti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Sunday said morality-based quality education is essential to prevent the people from committing graft."Money means power. That is why people run after it; nowadays corrupt people don't feel shame for running after money," he added."So, nothing but quality and moral education can bring...
Read moreThe city experienced a long spell of downpour on Sunday morning that disrupted traffic in many parts of the capital.The rainstorm also affected the country's national book fair, known as Amar Ekushey Boimela, in the city on the day.It also caused dislocation of many devotees, taking part in the second...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Feb 17 (UNB): Gas supply to major parts of the port city remained suspended since Sunday morning after a leak developed in the gas pipeline at Halisahar, causing huge sufferings to the city dwellers.The authorities halted gas supply to some parts of the city on Saturday evening after a...
Read moreBangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will resume its eviction drive from today (Monday) against encroachment of the River Buriganga, said its top official on Sunday."We will re-launch our eviction drive against encroachment of the River Buriganga from Monday," BIWTA chairman Commodore Mohammad Mozammel Haque told the FE. "This will...
Read moreGAZIPUR, Feb 17 (UNB): The Biswa Ijtema, now being held on the bank of the Turag River with the participation of the followers of Indian Islamic preacher Maulana Muhammad Saad Al Kandhalvi has been extended by another day as heavy rain disrupted the congregation on Sunday morning.The Akheri Munajat of...
Read moreIndia has hiked customs duties on imports from Pakistan to 200 per cent following a terror attack that killed 44 paramilitary policemen in Kashmir's Pulwama, reports NDTV.The move came after India withdrew the 'Most Favoured Nation' status it had previously granted to its neighbour.The Indian government has also announced it...
Read moreABU DHABI, Feb 17 (UNB): Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed on Sunday four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on establishing port, industrial park, supply and setting up LNG terminal, power plants and a special economic zone in Bangladesh.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina witnessed the signing of the documents at...
Read moreHuawei, the world's leading ICT solutions provider, has launched its global flagship CSR programme styled as 'Seeds for the future' in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Zhang Zhengjun, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. inaugurated the campaign at a city hotel on Sunday, with Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar as...
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