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Better competitiveness boost BD apparel orders, soar investment
Industry Desk: Apparel competitors like India, China and Sri Lanka are losing price competitiveness to Bangladesh resulted boost in buying orders from Europe, USA and Russia.Fresh apparel orders rose by 20 to 25 per cent this year on the back of the reopening of stores of retailers and brands in…
Read More »Maintenance work creates 20km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
Staff Correspondent: A 20km tailback has formed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway after Roads and Highway Division in Chattaogram started maintenance work on the highway this morning.Chattogram-bound vehicles came to a halt for around 20km on the highway — stretching from Banur Bazar point of Bhatiyari under Sitakunda to City Gate area…
Read More »New EC law leaves a lot to be desired
Staff Correspondent: One could say that the Awami League government deserves plaudits for passing a law on the formation of Election Commission-even if it is 50 years too late to fulfil a constitutional obligation. But has it fulfilled the desire and aspiration of the people to have a truly independent…
Read More »Activists demand stop to Japan-funded coal plant in BD
Staff Correspondent: Japan should stop funding the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh as the emissions it produces will accelerate global warming and put the low-lying country at greater risk of climate-change impacts, youth activists said on Friday.Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp, along with Toshiba and IHI Corporation,…
Read More »Anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute goods
Virtual hearing to set things straight Staff Correspondent: A sunset review investigation of the existing ADD on jute imports from Bangladesh and Nepal was initiated earlier in June last year under the Indian customs tariff rules of 1995.A virtual hearing for the ongoing investigation into existing anti-dumping duty (ADD) on…
Read More »Farhad for hassle-free public service delivery
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain yesterday urged the government officials to attach the highest priority to the government service delivery so that the general people can receive the public services without any difficulty.“Our target is to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh by 2041. To attain…
Read More »Tk 360 cr grabbed for purchasing land
Chandpur University of Science and Technology Staff Correspondent: Chandpur Deputy Commissioner Anjana Khan Majlish has alleged corruption in the process of land acquisition for Chandpur University of Science and Technology (CUST). In a recent report to the land ministry, he claimed that the government was losing about Tk 360 crore…
Read More »Powerful poems stronger
tools to motivate peoplePM in recitation festival 2022 Staff Correspondent: Recalling the significant contributions of cultural activities to every national struggle since the Language Movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterdaysaid powerful poems are stronger tools to motivate people as those reach their hearts. “Many untold words are expressed through poems. It shows the…
Read More »Govt allows Bangladeshi cos
for overseas investmentStaff Correspondent: The government has issued a gazette notification on “Capital Account Transaction (Overseas Equity Investment) Rules 2022 that will permit Bangladeshi businesses to invest abroad.From now on, exporters will be able to invest abroad subject to adequate status of their Export Retention Quota (ERQ), according to the notification issued…
Read More »Parliament passes EC formation Bill
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh is finally going to have a legal framework for selecting the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners as parliament passed.the “Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022” yesterday.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haq moved the Bill and it was passed by…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
