Remain alert to protect country
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the newly commissioned members of the Bangladesh Army to always stay vigilant to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.
MUNICIPAL POLLS : Ministers, lawmakers flouting electoral code
The Election Commission is receiving increasing number of complaints of violation of electoral code of conduct by ministers and ruling Awami League MPs, said officials. They said that the ministers and MPs were campaigning for the ruling party’s mayoral candidates flouting the rules.
Tofail advises BB to be soft, friendly to capital market issues
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday advised Bangladesh Bank to be ‘soft’ and ‘friendly’ towards different issues related to the capital market.
Listed shops must install ECR, POS by Jan 15: NBR
The National Board of Revenue has instructed its field offices to ensure installation of electronic cash register or point of sales machines at all eligible shops by January 15, NBR chairman Md Nojibur Rahman said on Thursday.
Hold a fair general election to ensure democracy, human rights: BNP
BNP leaders on Thursday blamed the Awami League-led government for the continued incidents of disappearance and killing of their leaders and creating congenial atmosphere for the militants to carry out attacks on the bloggers, foreigners and others.
Micro-savings, not micro-credit, can make a difference: PM
PRIME minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it is micro-savings, not the micro-credit, can develop the fate of the country’s under privileged people.
MUNICIPAL POLLS : Electioneering begins with code violation
CANDIDATES and their campaigners began electioneering in a festive mode on Wednesday, the first day of formal electioneering for the elections to 234 municipal councils schedule for December 30.
No extrajudicial killing in the country: Home minister
The minister for home affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan, on Wednesday claimed that no extrajudicial killing took place in the country and the condition of human rights here is far better than the countries those are much vocal on human rights.
Inflation drops in Nov on winter vegetable supply
The point-to-point inflation went down by 14 percentage points to 6.05 per cent in November from 6.19 per cent in the previous month mainly because of increase in supply of winter vegetables and price fall of food items including rice.
Our IT export should exceed garment export: Joy
REITERATING his commitment to further help flourish country’s ICT sector, prime minister’s information and communication technology affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Wednesday said it is his personal goal to make Bangladesh’s IT export exceeding its garment export. ‘I feel honoured to bring the vision 2021 to light.
