Govt, EC differ
on upazila
polls timeline
Politicians smell a rat in govt plan
Contrary to the Election Commission’s roadmap, local government adviser Anwarul Iqbal on Wednesday announced a timeline for holding elections to the upazila parishads. The adviser said in Khulna that the elections to four city corporations and seven municipalities would be held in April while polls to 100 upazila parishads would take place in May this year...[ + ]
Hasina’s health
worries doctors
Two personal physicians of ailing Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, detained in jail, after examining her health on Wednesday told the press that she should be sent abroad for treatment. They, however, did not make any such official recommendations, said a senior prison official...[ + ]
SC again asks govt
to equip judicial magistracy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday once again ordered the government to equip judicial magistrates with their requirements, including vehicles and manpower, and report back on the compliance by April 22...[ + ]
Recruiting agents,
middlemen
blamed for labour
crisis in KSA
An ‘unholy nexus’ between the local recruiting agencies and the middlemen in Saudi Arabia heightens the crisis of Bangladeshis in the Arab nation, said a report of the Bangladesh embassy in Saudi Arabia....[ + ]
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SEC allows trust, provident funds to float MFs
The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended its mutual fund rules allowing trust fund, and registered provident and pension funds to float mutual fund, said officials...[ + ]
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The turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday jumped to Tk 300.73 crore, highest in a month, due to heavy transaction in the shares of the AB Bank over disclosure of increasing its authorised capital, said operators...[ + ]
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