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Auto-loans power sales of reconditioned cars

Saif Uddin Sales of reconditioned vehicles have boomed in the country in recent times on the back of increased auto-loan facilities from financial institutions, business insiders have said.Some 9,461 cars have been sold in the country in the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year 2017-18, while the...

Watchdog's strength too limited to deal with consumers' complaints

Ismail HossainThe capacity of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) is too limited to protect the consumers from products and services-related irregularities and anomalies.It received 6,140 complaints alone in 2016-17 and expected the allegations to be doubled in the current fiscal year with growing number of complaints reaching...

Bangladeshi juicy fruits hold potentials in China

Bangladeshi lemon, jackfruit, mango and guava have considerable potentials in the growing Chinese market where consumption of such juicy fruits is gradually gaining ground.Such agro items would not only be financially viable for entrepreneurs of both the countries but also giving enough impetus to Bangladesh's basket of limited exportable products,...

Matarbari power plant makes progress

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the 1,200MW-Matarbari ultra-supercritical coal fired power plant in Cox's Bazar district made 18 per cent physical and 13.63 per cent financial progresses so far. "In the near future, Bangladesh will be a developed and environment-friendly country," he said....

Land uncertainty hangs over Dhaka North U-loop project

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has yet to get clearance to use land of other agencies, which has thrown the project to set up 11 U-loops at the key points of the street from Saatrasta to Uttara into doubt, reports bdnews24.com.Hasibur Rahman Shaheen, Managing Director of the project's contractor...

Next gen must be educated to help develop country: Palak

NATORE, Jan 6 (BSS): State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said that the next generation must be properly educated to help develop any area as well as the country. He was speaking as the chief guest at a programme at Singra town in the district.Singra Mayor Zannatul...

Current education system only generates unemployment: Jabbar

Telecommunications and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar says Bangladesh will face the huge challenge of joblessness if it does not drastically overhaul the current education system, reports bdnews24.com.In his address to the silver jubilee celebrations of the Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum at the Public Library in the capital, Mustafa Jabbar said...

Amusement park brings different scopes of entertainment for kids

Amusement park section of the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2018 was buzzing with children and their parents as the annual trade fair witnessed a large number of visitors, including kids, on the weekend.To allow visitors, especially children, an amusement section has been organised in the 23rd version of the...

Khulna jute mills work abstention enters 8th day

KHULNA, Jan 6 (BSS): The indefinite work abstention enforced by the employees of eight state-owned jute mills in the district to press for their 11-point-demand entered eighth day on Saturday. Some 25,000 workers of eight state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore industrial belt have been observing work abstention since December 28...