Bangladesh has made a significant leap in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) country ranking, co-prepared by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), reports BSS. The UNIDO and the WEF published the CIP ranking...
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCAT) formed Sunday a committee to investigate into the involvement of Biman officials in gold smuggling. Additional secretary of the MoCAT Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Munim will investigate into the matter. "The committee...
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The Cabinet Committee on Purchase approved on Sunday seven proposals worth Tk 4.55 billion. The approval was given at a meeting held on the day at the Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith...
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The Bangladesh Bank (BB) honoured 24 top remitters at a function at a city hotel Sunday for contributing to the country's economic growth by sending a significant amount of foreign currency in 2013. The central bank formally acknowledged the contribution...
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Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested early Sunday four members of the banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its women wing chief, from the capital's Sadarghat area. The women wing chief was identified as Fatema Begum, wife of Kolkata...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23, 2014 (BSS/AFP) - India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised Today to unveil a whole series of "second-generation" reforms to try to kickstart the stuttering economy. In an interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI) news...
Police recovered the body of a young man from inside an almirah at a house in old Dhaka city's Lalbagh area on Sunday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Shikdar(29), son of Hossain Shikdar, a resident of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The number of personal or individual-level income taxpayers in the country gives quite a disconcerting picture, notwithstanding the 'big bang' about annual tax fairs, the much-vaunted drives for expanding the direct tax net and the much ado about reorganisation, recast,...
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An oil tanker exploded into a blaze with a big bang at a fuel station in Dhaka's Tejgaon industrial area on Sunday night, sending people in panic. Firefighters said the fire erupted while the tanker was releasing fuel at Sotota...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is in a dilemma with a project for construction of three bridges as it did not get approval from the Planning Commission to revise the project proposal during the last one year and a...
Syful Islam | 2014-11-24 00:00:00
The government is going to empower numerous agencies, in addition to the lone anti-graft body, to independently investigate pecuniary offences, money laundering in particular. Sources said the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh Bank, Police and the Department of Narcotics...
Keeping its order pending for 75 weeks, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday set today (Monday) for pronouncing the judgment on war crimes accused Razakar commander Mobarak Hossain, a post-independence union-level Awami League leader in Akhaura, Brahmanbaria, reports UNB. Passing...
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Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) has made a set of proposals, including bringing clients having margin loan above Tk 10.0 million under credit information bureau (CIB) reporting, to facilitate the recovery of 'huge default' margin loan, officials said. The BMBA's...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has decided to announce tougher action programmes, including non-stop hartal, and gradually turn those into a decisive movement if the government hikes gas and power tariffs in January next, reports UNB. The decision was taken at...
Bangladesh took 2-0 lead in the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series beating Zimbabwe by 68 runs in the second successive match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Sunday, reports UNB. With this win, the Tigers keep alive the...
Sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique arrived in the city Sunday night, according to a report by a Bangla news site. He came from India by an Air India flight. Siddique's anti-Hajj rant in New York last month provoked a furore...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested six people, including a former Jubo Dal leader, in connection with the brutal killing of Rajshahi University professor Shafiul Islam. Tipped off, they launched a drive in separate places and arrested the six...
Corruption has turned out to be an all-pervasive menace in the country due to people's excessive greed for money, said Dhaka University's Professor Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman. 'There’re two types of people who indulge in corruption – those who get poor...
The fire on an tank lorry (oil tanker) next to a petrol pump in the city’s Tejgaon has been doused after an hour. Several explosions were heard after the vehicle carrying several thousand litres octane, caught fire near Tibet Intersection...
Five people, including three top Biman officials, who were arrested for their alleged involvement in gold smuggling, reportedly made confessional statements before separate Dhaka courts on Sunday. Those who confessed to the crime are Biman’s deputy general manager Md Emdad...
The family of late Shamarukh Mahjabin Kona, daughter-in-law of former MP Khan Tipu Sultan, has rejected Kona’s autopsy report, saying Tipu and his family may have influenced this report. When contacted, Dhanmondi police station’s OC Abu Bakar Siddique said they...
Md Mobarak Hossain, accused of committing crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971, has been brought to International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 at Old High Court in Dhaka. The ICT-1 will deliver the verdict on his war crimes shortly....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials have claimed that Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was murdered ‘in revenge for his misbehaviour with a university employee’. The members of the elite force further say the 6 people they arrested have been...
The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected two leave to appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against the High Court verdict upholding the orders of a trial court in 2 graft cases. An Appellate Division bench passed the order on...
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has said the EU is willing to increase its support in ensuring child rights in Bangladesh and help implement the Children Act 2013. ‘At this moment, our ongoing projects benefiting Bangladeshi children...
The High Court (HC) has asked the government to constitute ‘Safe Food Authority’ and ‘Central Safe Food Management Coordination Council’ within 3 months to ensure safe food for all citizens of Bangladesh. An HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider...
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