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Govt now plans railway corporatisation
The interim government is now considering a donor-funded move to turn the state-run Bangladesh Railway into a public limited company, officials said. ‘The government is seriously working on the proposal to turn the loss-making railway into a public limited company,’ the communications secretary, Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman, told reporters in his office on Sunday...[ + ]
Interim govt irregular, not illegal: Sircar
The Jatiya Sangsad speaker, Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, has termed ‘irregular’ the interim government of Fakhruddin Ahmed, which, he said had failed to conduct the general elections within the constitutionally-mandated timeframe...[ + ]
US team to investigate use by China of Bangladeshi RMG quota to US markets
A delegation of the US customs and boarder protection department is slated to visit and stay in Dhaka soon to examine a range of apparels, as has exported around 1.5 million euro China
exported readymade garments worth made with the fabrics to the US market in the name of Bangladeshi producers in 2007, official sources said...[ + ]
Hatiya gas exploration result ‘inconclusive’
UK-based Cairn Energy could not reach any conclusion whether there was commercially viable gas in the offshore Hatiya structure after drilling an exploration well in last two months, said Petrobangla officials. Earlier it also failed to find any gas at another structure Magnama...[ + ]
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88th birth anniv of Mujib today
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Fakhruddin in London after attending OIC summit
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Office-bearers of political parties can contest local govt polls
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Fakhruddin wants fallow land to be cultivated to raise food production
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Missile strike kills 16 as Pak unrest grows
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Tibetan riots spread
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BCL demands Hasina’s release, proper treatment
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Community radio policy formulated
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Daughters-in-law visit Khaleda in jail
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Ex-SL parliament speaker Bandaranaike dies
Radical change in VAT collection
system unlikely
The government is unlikely to bring radical changes in VAT collection system in view of the current nature of the economy, said the finance adviser on Sunday. The adviser, AB Mirza Azizul Islam, said this when a five-member delegation of the International Monetary Fund called on him to discuss the issue of amendment to the current tax laws...[ + ]
GMG to buy 6 planes at $900m
The GMG Airlines, the largest private airlines in Bangladesh, will buy six new planes from Boeing at a cost of $900 million as part of a major route expansion. ‘We are close to signing a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to buy six planes at a cost of $900 million,’ said Sahab Sattar, the managing director of the oldest private airlines in the country...[ + ]
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