Cabinet okays new
pay scale
Salaries of public servants
raise 53pc on average
The government has announced a new pay scale, raising salaries by 53 per cent on an average, for all public servants of 20 grades. The new scale will be implemented in three phases with retrospective effect from January 1, 2005...[ + ]
BNP MPs urge SC for contempt charge against agitating lawyers
Four treasury bench members including the law minister, on Monday said the Supreme Court should draw contempt charges against the lawyers agitating and creating anarchy in the court premises...[ + ]
Death toll in Patuakhali launch capsize now 63
ML Prince sank two times before
Thirty-eight more bodies were recovered from the sunken launch and the river Bura Gauranga on Monday, raising the death toll to 63, till filing of the report at 10:30pm...[ + ]
Local firm to schedule US visa appointments
The Saimon Overseas Ltd took over the task of scheduling appointments for the applicants seeking non-immigrant visas to the United States from May 14, said a news release issued on Monday by the American Centre in Bangladesh...[ + ]
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PM leaves for Vietnam today
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AL sits with allies soon to talk caretaker reforms
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Reshuffle in police
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One more killed in crossfire
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BDR foils BSF bids to push in 30 Indians
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HC orders govt, BTRC to allocate licence to JTV
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Rule on judge, PP, Shoeb for suppressing proceedings
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HR bodies demand release of Asma Jahangir
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Sussex make Bangladesh follow on
Pay hike not inflation adjusted
The latest pay hike, as approved by the cabinet on Monday, will inflate government’s spending on salary account, but fail to offset real income eaten up by inflation in last seven years,
economists say...[ + ]
Biscuit gains ground in foreign market
Bangladeshi biscuits have made their way to foreign markets with encouraging growth in export volume, said officials of the Export Promotion Bureau. Local producers are producing world class biscuits and if aggressive marketing drive is undertaken they can increase export volume, officials of the bureau said...[
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Cairn to invest up to $80m in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh expects rise in Chinese tourists
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Ceramic producers for lower import duty
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Islamabad, Colombo to implement FTA from June 12
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Prime Bank signs MoU with Prime Insurance
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Gulshan Spinning Mills inks corporate deal with CityCell
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UPS staff receive technical training
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JB managers’ confce held
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Shoeb selected as ICT policy body member
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Hitachi energy-saving lamp launched
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Shahjalal Bank board meeting held
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Wen slams US decision to impose textile quotas
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NGO backs campaign to close Coke, Pepsi Kerala plants
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‘China, India to share world leadership status with US’
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Australian Open generates $160m to economy
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Pakistan keen on gas pipeline project: Musharraf
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China sports market to explode
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