EC wants emergency
to go by March
Govt will have to take decision on indoor politics, state of emergency soon: CEC
The Election Commission hopes that the government will lift the state of emergency by the first week of next month in four city corporations and seven municipalities where elections will be held in April, and will also start relaxing restrictions on political activities across the country from the end of March...[ + ]
Titas employees surrender ill-gotten wealth of Tk 400cr
The current anti-corruption purge attained new heights as a big band of 136 employees of the state-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd on Tuesday submitted documents of their ill-gotten wealth worth about Tk 400 crore to the army-led taskforce...[ + ]
HC starts ruling on Hasina writ in
Azam’s case
Sessions court adjourned trial
The Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge on Tuesday adjourned the trial of Sheikh Hasina in the Tk 2.99 crore extortion case till Monday amid her demand for holding the trial in the High Court. Detained former prime minister Hasina, also the Awami League chief, filed an application with the sessions court, seeking a two-week adjournment of the trial...[ + ]
Govt to slash development
outlay
Budget deficit to widen: Aziz
The government has decided to slash the annual development programme of the current fiscal year by 13 to 17 per cent amid poor implementation of projects, rerunning the exercise seen for years. Increased price subsidies on diesel, fertilisers and food would widen the budget deficit to 4.7 per cent of gross domestic product, finance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said...[ + ]
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Waste cotton export worries
local denim makers
A section of traders are making fortune out of export of waste cotton and yarns, limiting their supplies to the local denim fabric making units, industry sources said. Waste cottons and yarns are the leftover of spinning and knitwear industries, and recycled into low-cost rotor yarns for the denim industry...[ + ]
BGMEA hails BB move to cut rates
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has hailed the Bangladesh Bank plans to reduce rate of interests, especially on industrial and export financing. A statement of the country’s apex trade body of exporters on Tuesday hoped that implementation of the plan would help Bangladeshi exporters to face fierce market competition globally...[ + ]
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