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Govt waives fees for addl flights from Oct 19 to 21

The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCAT) has instructed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to waive all fees for additional special flights operated by various airlines following the devastating fire at the Import Cargo Village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.According to a notification issued...

BD's LNG import financing set to get an impetus from next month

Country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) import financing is set to get an impetus from next month (November) with the availability of fiscal support from World Bank (WB).The WB's US$350-million support under its Energy Sector Security Enhancement Project (ESSEP), aimed at improving Bangladesh's gas supply security facilitating affordable financing for LNG...

8-day deployment of security forces proposed

A proposal is now on the table to keep law enforcement agencies deployed for eight days during the upcoming 13th parliamentary election.The Election Commission (EC) will review the proposal, as the armed forces are traditionally deployed for five days during such elections.This was discussed at a meeting with the EC...

Banks' uninvested liquidity keeps rising amid sluggish investment regime

The volume of uninvested cash in the country's banking system keeps rising in recent months, signalling a slow rebound in their liquidity situations against the backdrop of a sluggish investment regime.Officials and money market experts said the inflow of deposits in the banking channel continues to increase after a downward...

Dhaka march, if demands unmet

The MPO-listed teachers and staff continued their protest for the ninth consecutive day on Monday, and also vowed to intensify their programmes from now on.Rejecting the request of Education Adviser Professor Dr C R Abrar to return to classroom, they threatened that they would lock educational institutions and organise march...

Govt statistics not manipulated but sometimes misused, says Wahiduddin

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said government statistics in Bangladesh are not manipulated but are often subject to indirect misuse, reports UNB"Questions often arise as to whether official statistics are used politically. In reality, there is no direct manipulation but there is indirect misuse," he said while addressing...

A man puts the bullet-proof press vest of Palestinian journalist Ahmad Abu Mteir

A man puts the bullet-proof press vest of Palestinian journalist Ahmad Abu Mteir, killed in an Israeli strike on a house used by journalists in the town of Zuwaida in the central Gaza Strip the previous day, on his draped body during preparations for his burial at the Shuhada al-Aqsa...

Int'l adult content creators arrested in Bandarban

Bandarban, Oct 20 (UNB): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a couple involved in producing content for international pornography websites from a rented apartment in Bandarban's Rowangchhari Bus Station area, on Monday. The arrested duo, Mohammad Azim and his wife Brishti, both 28, had been running content creation operations...