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Four bypasses, flyover to be built on Ctg-Cox's Bazar highway

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 16: A project has been taken to construct four bypasses and a flyover at five important points on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway at a cost of Tk 80 billion (Tk8,000 crore).A loan agreement has been signed with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to build the bypasses and flyover...

Six more RMG factories get LEED certifications

Six more readymade garment (RMG) factories of the country have achieved the recognition of the LEED certification this month, raising the number of the LEED-certified factories to 226, reports UNB. As of July this year, the number of the LEED-certified factories was 220, with 14 factories earning the certification in...

Indonesia leader touts economic success in final state address

JAKARTA, Aug 16 (AFP) : Indonesian President Joko Widodo hailed his economic track record on Friday in a final state of the nation address before he leaves office in October after a decade in power.Widodo, more popularly known as Jokowi, will be replaced by defence chief Prabowo Subianto after serving...

Ctg Customs House opens today

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 16 (BSS): The authority decided to open Chattogram Custom House (CCH) Saturday for the convenience of importers and exporters.This was disclosed in an office order signed by Deputy Commissioner Imam Ghazzali on behalf of the Chattogram Customs Commissioner who instructed to keep the office open on Saturday (August...

BMW to recall 1.4m cars in China over airbags

BEIJING, Aug 16 (AFP): Carmaker BMW will recall 1.4 million vehicles in China due to faulty airbags, the country's market regulator announced on Friday.Cars that have had steering wheel refits may have defective airbags from Japan's Takata Corporation that could rupture and "cause fragments to fly out and potentially injure...

US lawmakers press Meta over illicit drug ads

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 (AFP): Members of Congress on Thursday called on Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg to give them details regarding ads for opiods and other illicit drugs on the tech titan's platform.A letter signed by 19 lawmakers pressed for details about such ads given disturbing reports by the Tech...