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Tk 3,000 cr of Delta Life grabbed?
Tk 2513.64 cr taken as extra dividend Staff Correspondent: The special audit team of IDRA has mentioned that the listed life insurer-Delta Life InsuranceCompany former management with the connivence of board members havegrabbed about Tk 3000 crore in various ways. Among them, the loss of Tk 2,513.64 crore has been…
Read More »Won’t allow anyone to destabilise rice market: Minister
Staff Correspondent: Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday warned against hoarding of rice saying no one will be allowed to destabilise the rice market.He was virtually exchanging views with local government officials, mill owners and traders on ways to prevent rice hoarding and market monitoring at Rangpur deputy commissioner office.Sadhan…
Read More »PM to lay foundation stone of Ctg metro rail next year: Hopes Hasan
Chattogram Bureau: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday hoped that Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay foundation stone of Chattogram metro rail at the beginning of next year.Dr Hasan, also Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), said that the feasibility study of the metro…
Read More »Khaleda conferred with ‘Mother of Democracy’ award
Staff Correspondent: The Canadian Human Rights International Organization (CHRIO) has conferred BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia with ‘Mother of Democracy’ award for her outstanding contributions to democracy.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir presented the crest and certificates given by the Canadian organization at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s…
Read More »Brig. Gen Sakhawat proposed to be CEC
Dr Jafrullah Chowdhury also proposes names of other ECs Staff Correspondent: Former Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd.) M Sakhawat Hossain has been proposed to be the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by the trustee of the Public Health Center and Chairman of the Bhasani Followers Council Dr Jafrullah Chowdhury. As well…
Read More »Full automation of bond facility by ‘23
NBR chairman Staff Correspondent: National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said that the bond facility will be completelyautomated by 2023 so that no one can gain illegal benefit from the system.He made the remarks today at a pre-budget discussion with the members ofthe Economic Reporters…
Read More »Take loans from Probashi Kallyan Bank
PM to overseas jobseekers Ministry asked to make overseas employment process transparent Staff Correspondent:Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authority concerned to promote overseas jobseekers to take loans from Probashi Kallyan Bank instead of selling lands to go abroad in a bid to protect them from deception.She also asked…
Read More »First direct container ship leaves Chattogram port for Italy
Staff Correspondent: Liberian-flagged ship MV Tsonga Cheetah sailed for Italy from Chattogram seaport with container-filled export goods. Through this Bangladesh started sending goods directly to Europe by sea.Mohammad Rashed, chairman of Reliance Shipping and Logistics Limited, a local representative of the ship, told yesterday.He said the ship carrying 952 TEUs…
Read More »HC rules against BB circular on
private bank employees’ salaryCourt Correspondent: The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain in a week as to why it shall not declare illegal a circular of Bangladesh Bank (BB), fixing minimum salaries for the employees’ of private banks in the country.A High Court division bench of Justice…
Read More »90pc Cabinet’s decisions
implemented in 3 yearsStaff Correspondent: Some 90 percent decisions, taken by the Cabinet in three years from January 2019 to December 2021, have been implemented, while the implementation of remaining 10 percent decisions is underway.The Cabinet took a total of 689 decisions during the period. Of them, 615 have already been implemented and…
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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 …
