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Sweden Crown Princess Victoria to visit Dhaka March 18

Sweden Crown Princess Victoria will visit Bangladesh on March 18–21 as part of her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP Assistant Secretary General Ulrika Modéer and Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Johan Forssell, will accompany her during the visit. This would be her first ...

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Khaleda Zia to be taken to hospital evening

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday evening for health checkup. She will be taken to the hospital around 6:30pm from her Gulshan residence ‘Firoza’. The BNP Chairperson’s press wing officer Shamsuddin Didar confirmed it. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on January 11 last after staying under treatment at ...

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Govt determined to create labour-friendly environment: Anisul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government is determined to create a labour-friendly environment in the country as he addressed International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body’s 350th session in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. “The government is pledge-bound to form a labour-friendly environment in the country and is taking every possible step to build necessary labour-relations ...

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Extortion will not be tolerated: IGP

No extortion will be tolerated in any sector including transportation of goods and strict action will be taken against extortion, said Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Tuesday. He asked the field-level police officers to perform their duties with sincerity to control the prices of commodities, UNB reports. The IGP came up with the information while talking to ...

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ADP allocation reduced by Tk 18,000 crore

The Annual Development Program (ADP) has been revised with its allocation reduced by Tk 18,000 crore or 6.84 per cent from the original ADP size of Tk 2,63,000 crore for the current fiscal. After the reduction due to ministries’ inability to spend their allocated funds, the size of the revised ADP (RADP) now stands at Tk 2,45,000 crore. The revised ...

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Verdict against Hallmark MD, Chairman among 18 on Mar 19

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set March 19 to deliver the judgment against 18 people, including Hallmark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife Jasmine Islam. After concluding cross examination, Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Judge Md Abul Kashem fixed the date. Mir Ahmmed Salam, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption, confirmed this. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Saifur Rahman and Keshav Roy ...

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Schools to remain open during Ramadan: Appellate Division

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the High Court order the closure of primary and secondary schools across the country during Ramadan. Now, primary schools across the country remain open for 10-day in the month of Ramadan, while secondary for 15-day. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order ...

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Offices, banks start in new timing

As Ramadan began, all government and private offices started in new timing from 9am-3:30pm. Meanwhile, banks will remain open from 9:30am to 4pm and courts from 9am-3pm. However, customers will be able to make bank transactions from 9.30am to 2.30pm. There will be a 15-minute break for Zuhr prayers from 1:15pm to 1:30pm.  

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Govt tries to build another power plant in Rooppur: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the  doctors in the country to devote more time to  research in medical science burying the mentality of doing private practice to just earn money. “We are lagging behind in one sector and that is the research in the medical science. Doctors are engaged in practicing and earning money, and they don’t bother ...

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Ihsanul Karim’s janaza held at Press Club

The first namaj-e-janaza for Prime Minister’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim Helal was held at Jatiya Press Club in the capital at 11am on Monday. After the janaza, military secretary Maj Gen Kabir paid tribute placing wreath on behalf of the Prime Minister. Later, Awami League, Jatiya Press Club, Prime Minister’s office, Prime Minister Press Wing,  Dhaka South City Corporation mayor ...

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