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BRTC to add 550 more long-route buses for Eid service

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will operate 550 additional long-route buses to transport passengers from the capital to various destinations during the Eid holidays. BTRC Chairman Md Tajul Islam told this at a view-exchange meeting held at the BRTC building at Motijheel in the capital on Monday. He said the decision has been taken as the Eid holiday is ...

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Boeing: How much trouble is the company in?

“It’s as if I’m watching a troubled child” is how Captain Dennis Tajer describes flying a Boeing 737 Max. The head of the Allied Pilots Association, the pilots union for American Airlines, insists he would never board an aircraft if it were not safe. But he says he can no longer take the quality of the plane he’s flying for ...

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Trade between Bangladesh-India through Hili land port suspended

Export-import between Bangladesh and India through Dinajpur’s Hili land port remained suspended on Sunday marking the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day. However, movement of travelers through the land port remains normal. Harun-Ur-Rashid, president of Hili Land Port Importer-Exporter Group, said trade through the border remained suspended due to the ...

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Sainsbury’s: ‘Vast majority’ of deliveries cancelled over technical issues

Sainsbury’s says it will not be able to fulfil the “vast majority” of online deliveries on Saturday because of “technical issues”. Customers have been contacting the supermarket on social media to report issues with their online orders. Some stores are also having issues with contactless payments and chip and pin. Sainsbury’s apologised to customers and said it was working hard ...

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NBR’s three-pronged strategy to boost revenue collection

Aiming to significantly boost revenue collection from domestic sources, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is adopting a three-pronged approach. These are: digital transformation, expansion of tax net, and enhancing administrative capacity, reports UNB. The core idea is to make tax payments easy and transparent to improve taxpayer services which in turn will help NBR to collect more revenue, according ...

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Japanese arch-rivals Nissan and Honda explore partnership

Japanese arch-rivals Nissan and Honda said Friday they were exploring a strategic partnership in electric vehicles to face up to a “once-in-a-century” upheaval in the car industry, reports AFP. Analysts said the move was aimed at catching up with Chinese competitors who have stolen a march in EVs while Japanese firms have lost ground by focusing more on hybrid vehicles. ...

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Govt to procure edible oil, lentil, sugar and wheat worth Tk 507cr

The government will procure edible oil, lentil, sugar and wheat worth Tk 507 crore from local and international markets. Of the amount, Tk 153.97 crore will be spent to buy wheat, while Tk 77.98 crore to buy soyabean oil, Tk 107.60 crore to buy sugar and Tk 167.38 crore to buy red lentil. The approval of procuring the edible oil, ...

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John Lewis back in profit but no bonus for staff

John Lewis has reported a return to profit, but it will not pay its staff a bonus for the second year in a row. The retail partnership, which also owns Waitrose supermarkets, reported a pre-tax annual profit of £56m compared with a £234m loss the year before. However, it said it would not pay a bonus as it was increasing ...

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Eid advance train ticket sale from Mar 25

Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr from March 25. The sale will continue till March 31. The railway authorities fixed the date considering April 11 will be the Eid day, according to Bangladesh Railway sources. The train tickets for April 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 will be available on March 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and ...

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ADB approves $71m loan to improve flood control in Gopalganj, Madaripur

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $71 million loan to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural communities in Gopalganj and Madaripur districts in Bangladesh to strengthen their preparedness and resilience to the effects of climate change. According to an ADB release, The project is expected to benefit more than 600,000 people and will introduce ...

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