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Dhaka to import 1.4m tonnes of crude oil from S Arabia, Abu Dhabi

Bangladesh will import 1.4 million tonnes of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi for the current fiscal year 2017-18 to meet the domestic requirement, reports UNB.Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved two separate proposals placed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division in this regard.Cabinet Division...

Govt behind schedule to launch some projects

Although the government was determined to inaugurate some special telecommunication services, including the launch of the country's first satellite Bangabandhu-1, introducing 4G internet service and Mobile Network Portability System by the end of 2017, the big projects failed to take off for some unavoidable complexities, reports UNB.The launch of the...

BFDC launches fish market in city today

Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) launches an exclusive fish market in the capital today (Thursday) to provide fresh and formalin-free fishes to the consumers, officials said.BFDC is going to open the first-ever multi-storey fish market at Jatrabari in the city, built at a cost of around Tk 90 million. "The...

KGDCL snaps about 400 illegal gas connections

CHITTAGONG, Dec 27: The Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Co Ltd (KGDCL) has snapped illegal gas connection of about 400 burners as it continued its drive across the district.The drive against rampant illegal gas connections from internal gas lines comes as the authority faces severe shortage of gas supply to industrial, commercial,...

Police find 'yaba making factory' in Chittagong

Police say they have found a yaba production factory in Chittagong, reports bdnews24.com.Nearly 250,000 yaba tablets and large amounts of yaba production materials were found at the factory in the Double Mooring area, detective police Inspector Mohammad Mohsin said."We found 105kg of raw materials, which could be used to make...

Inmates to send families money as RMG factory opens in jail

NARAYANGANJ, Dec 27 (BSS): Home Minister Asaduzzan Khan Kamal today opened the first-ever readymade garment (RMG) unit and Jamadani factory to be operated by inmates in Narayanganj prison."The objective of setting up the units in the jail to motivate and train idle prisoners as skilled workforce to be rehabilitated on...

Bashundhara Gas holds Safety Campaign in Ctg

Bashundhara LP Gas Ltd, a concern of Bashundhara Group, has started its 4th round nationwide awareness campaign titled, 'Safety Campaign' recently, says a statement.As part of the campaign a workshop was held in Chittagong. The statement said this initiative has been taken to ensure proper and safe use of LP...

bKash organises AML, CFT workshop

bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, organised a training workshop on 'Anti Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism' for its distributors of Dhaka South City Corporation area recently, says a statement.The workshop highlighted the AML and CFT issues relevant to the distributors.Chief Executive Officer...

28 hi-tech, IT parks to create jobs for around 0.3 million

The government has planned to create jobs for around 0.3 million (three lakh) people in 28 Hi-tech and IT parks, which are being built across the country to create an ICT infrastructures for achieving the goal of Digital Bangladesh by 2021, reports BSS."On completion of all these 28 parks, 28.72...

Speakers for flawless household database to eradicate poverty

Speakers at a function have laid emphasis on preparing a flawless National Household Database (NHD) to identify economic status of the people aiming to eliminate poverty.The government has set a target of collecting data from 30.5 million (3.5 crore) households of the country for preparing NHD to find out the...

Pakistan appoints economist to head finance ministry

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 27 (Reuters): Pakistan has appointed an economist, who was recently chairman of the board of investment, to take charge of the finance ministry after the former minister was relieved of his duties amid accusations of corruption.Miftah Ismail has been made an adviser to the prime minister for...

Workshop on ETP operation at JU

A training workshop on Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) operation and maintenance was held on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus in Savar on Tuesday, reports BSS.Environmental Sciences Department of the university organised the workshop. JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam inaugurated the workshop at about 11 am.Chaired by chairman of the department Prof...

News Briefs- (28-12-2017)

Southeast Bank opens branch at Muktagachha, MymensinghSoutheast Bank Limited inaugurated its 132nd branch at Muktagachha's "Rabeya-Momtaz Tower" on the Mymensingh-Tangail main road (old bus stand), Muktagachha Municipality, Mymensingh on Wednesday, says a statement. S.M Mainuddin Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director, Southeast Bank Limited, formally inaugurated the Muktagachha branch as the chief...

SM Mainuddin Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director, Southeast Bank Limited, formally inaugurated the Muktagachha branch of the bank

SM Mainuddin Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director, Southeast Bank Limited, formally inaugurated the Muktagachha branch of the bank on Wednesday.

'Countrywide Downstream Garment Industry in Bangladesh'

Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) Md. Shamsuzzaman Bhuiyan attended the discussion on 'Countrywide Downstream Garment Industry in Bangladesh' in the city on Wednesday.