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Customs e-auction starts next month

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) launches three major customs automation tools in early next month to facilitate traders while checking irregularities.Customs wing of the board would launch e-auction for all customs houses across the country, start formal operation of national enquiry point and customs intelligence hotline for sharing information,...

Rice sale at Tk 10 per kg begins next month

Food Minister Qamrul Islam said the government will start selling rice at Tk 10 per kg among 5.0 million ultra-poor families across the country from next month under a food-friendly programme, reports UNB.The minister announced this during a meeting on the food-friendly programme at the Food Directorate in the city...

Govt to make efforts to create more specialist physicians, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday the government will take effective steps to create more specialist physicians to provide better medical services in the country, reports UNB."We'll take steps so that specialist physicians are created in all the fields of medical services, including ophthalmology and ENT (Otorhinolaryngology)," she said.The...

RAB personnel standing on guard after rounding up a number

RAB personnel standing on guard after rounding up a number of suspected drug peddlers and addicts in a drive at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Wednesday — FE Photo

Tribunal issues warrant against Aziz Md Bhai

FE ReportThe special tribunal on capital market issued arrest warrant against Aziz Mohammad Bhai, a director of Olympic Industries Ltd, on Wednesday after framing charge against him in a 1996 share scam case.The tribunal fixed September 18 for next hearing of the case, filed in 1999 in relation to manipulating...

BNP gets DMP nod to hold rally in city

BNP said on Wednesday it got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold a rally in the city on Saturday, marking the party's 40th founding anniversary, reports UNB.Talking to the news agency, party publicity affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne said they got the verbal permission to hold...

CAG for making non-listed companies code-compliant

FE ReportAll the non-listed companies should mandatorily be brought under the Corporate Governance Code, the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has said.Such a policy will ensure better corporate governance in every spectrum and also help protect the consumer interests, Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury stated.The CAG made the observations at a seminar...

Sacked MD terms missing coal a ‘system loss’

FE ReportTerming disappearance of coal 'system loss', the recently removed managing director (MD) of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) Habib Uddin Ahmed denied the allegation of coal stealing on Wednesday."From the very beginning, I have been saying that coal was not stolen and no corruption happened there (mine yard);...