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Accept demand, buy meat at Tk 300 per kg: Sellers
Meat traders on Friday claimed that they will be able to sell beef at Tk 300 per kg if their four-point demand is met. “If our demands are met and the hassles in importing cows from India are removed, we’ll…
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong arrested in South Korea
Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has been placed under arrest in South Korea, accused of bribery and other charges. The case is linked to a scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Samsung is accused of giving…
PM flies to Germany to attend security conf
She’s likely to raise Rohingya issue with Merkel Dhaka, Feb 16 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for Germany on Thursday night on a four-day official visit to attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC) and hold bilateral talks with…
Major industrial nations seek strong IPR framework at WTO
Geneva (D. Ravi Kanth) – Major developed countries have called for tightening the intellectual property framework at the World Trade Organization to ensure that their micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are protected from sharing technologies, according to a proposal…
Saudi bans importing live birds and hatching eggs from Bangladesh
Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, announced on Wednesday a temporary ban on the import of live birds and hatching eggs from Bangladesh. This came following official reports by the World Organisation for Animal Health, OIE, confirming outbreak of…
Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting American corn farmers
Mexico is one of the top buyers of American corn in the world today. And Mexican senator Armando Rios Piter, who leads a congressional committee on foreign relations, says he will introduce a bill this week where Mexico will buy…
Draft bill okayed with death penalty for obstructing aircraft operation
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The Civil Aviation Bill, 2017’ incorporating a provision for capital punishment or life term and a fine of maximum Tk five crore for obstructing any aircraft operation. The approval was given at…
HC upholds ban on medicines of 34 companies
The High Court on Monday upheld its earlier order that had asked 20 pharmaceutical companies and 14 antibiotics manufacturers to stop production and supply and withdraw of all of their medicines which have been found to be of low quality.…
BB looking into remittance fall
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started working to find out reasons behind the downturn in the inflow of remittances, said governor Fazle Kabir. “Two research teams of the central bank will soon visit Malaysia and Middle Eastern countries to find out…
IBBL business dev confce Dhaka North Zone held
Dhaka – A Business Development Conference of Dhaka North Zone, Dhaka East Zone and Corporate Branches in Dhaka city of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on February 11, 2017, Saturday at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower.
Workshop on Patenting,Trademark and Copyright at BAU
Rajshahi – A workshop on Patenting, Designing Trademark and Copyrights was held at Community centreof Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Thursday evening.
Ex-Rajuk Chairman, Partex Group Director sent to jail
Dhaka – Former RAJUK Chairman Iqbal Uddin Chowdhury and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem’s son Showkat Aziz Russel landed in the jail after a Dhaka court denied them bail on Thursday in a case filed against them on graft charges…
Trump under fire in Nordstrom Ivanka row
Democrats have condemned President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking a clothing retailer after it dropped a fashion line owned by his daughter.
US Court questions whether travel ban is anti-Muslim
An appeals court has questioned whether President Donald Trump’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims. The executive order temporarily banned entry for all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries, until it was halted last week.
Improve banking services, settle client complaints: BB Governor
Dhaka, Feb 7 – Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir today asked bankers to ensure proper banking services in their banks for bringing down the country’s position in doing business ranking to below 100 from the existing 176 within fiscal…
UN Secretary General urges lifting of Trump’s US travel ban
Geneva, 2 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who took office in January, in a reference to US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that suspends the entire US refugee program as well as bars nationals from seven…
DCCI for giving all taxpayers NBR’s ‘Tax Card’
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to give ‘Tax Card’ to all tax payers as an electronic smart card instead of giving it to VIPs. During a meeting with NBR chairman…
Classified loans in banks, financial insts Tk 63,435cr
The amount of classified loans in the country’s banks and financial organisations stood at Tk 63,435 crore in September last, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told Parliament on Monday. According to Bangladesh Bank’s statement, the amount of classified loans in the…
IBCF for uniform shariah compliance
Dhaka – Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) emphasised on practicing Uniform Shariah Compliance and Accounting System for all Banks operating Islamic Banking services in Bangladesh. Arastoo Khan, newly elected Chairman of IBCF emphasised on the issue at a meeting recently.
Trump: US will win appeal of judge’s travel ban order
US President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge’s order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries. “We’ll win. For the safety of the…
DITF ends, Tk 243.44cr worth export orders received
The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2017 ended with a record Tk 243.44 crore worth export orders. Besides, the businesspeople sold products worth Tk 113.53 crore in the 35-day long 22nd DITF, it was disclosed at the closing ceremony of…
Benapole land port on Bangla-India border closed after clash
Dhaka, Feb 4 – The export and import activities through Benapole land port remained suspended from Saturday morning following a clash among the truck drivers on the Indian side over maintaining serial.
Elevated expressway over Bangladesh’s major highway planned
Masudul Hoque & Abdur Rahman Jahangir, UNB Staff Writers Dhaka, Feb 4 – Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has worked out a plan to construct a 220-km elevated expressway with a multimodal transport corridor over the existing Dhaka-Chittagong highway to boost…
Tanners close production at Hazaribagh in capital Dhaka
Dhaka – Tanners have stopped over all operation of the factories in city’s Hazaribagh yesterday incompliance with the government set deadline January 31.
30 Passengers hurt as bus overturns in Savar near Dhaka
Savar, Feb 1 – At least 30 passengers were injured as a bus overturned on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Wednesday morning.
One million sign petition to cancel Trump’s state visit to the UK
The British government came under increasing pressure on Monday to cancel US President Donald Trump’s future state visit with the Queen following mounting outrage over his travel ban on mainly Muslim countries. The government has also been facing growing criticism…
Govt. to restore all shut railway routes with India
Railways Minister M Mazibul Haque today said the government would restore all the shutdown railway routes with India. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already instructed the Railways Ministry to restore the closed down railway routes with India,” the minister told…
Stocks face record major slide to open week
Stock faced major corrections on Sunday to open the week amid a cautious move when the central bank was unveiling its new monetary policy statement (MPS) for the second half of the current 2016-17 financial year. All the indices at…
Indonesia offers to supply LNG to Bangladesh
Indonesia today offered to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh to meet its (Bangladesh) growing energy demand. The proposal came when Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwan Wiranata-atmadja paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya…