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Dhaka landowners demand reforms to' discriminatory' DAP

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Landowners in Dhaka have raised serious concerns over the Dhaka Detailed Area Plan (DAP) 2022-2035, claiming it has created widespread inequality and financial losses for property ow... Read More


Shipping Adviser visits BSC's ships under construction in China

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain has visited the Jingjiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co Ltd shipyard in China to observe the progr... Read More


Jute spinners demand raw jute export ban, mandatory jute packaging

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association (BJSA) Saturday has called for a ban on raw jute exports and full enforcement of the mandatory jute packaging law. The association has raise... Read More


Ukraine urges BD not to receive grains 'stolen' by Russia

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The wartorn Ukraine's embroiled authorities have requested Bangladesh to take urgent measures to avert unloading 'looted' grains and importing goods originating from their Russian-oc... Read More


Govt launches centralised digital platform for project approvals

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The Planning Division under the Ministry of Planning has launched a centralised digital platform to streamline the public investment cycle, from preparing Development Project Proposa... Read More


Female representation strikingly low in JUCSU election

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Despite forming nearly half the electorate, females' participation in the upcoming Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) and hall council elections remains strikin... Read More


Bangladesh Bank raises paid-up capital requirement for digital banks to Tk 3b

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Bangladesh Bank has fixed the minimum paid-up capital for digital banks at Tk 3 billion, more than double the Tk 1.25 billion requirement outlined in its June 2023 guidelines. The c... Read More


Chinese firm alleges coal procurement irregularities at Patuakhali power plant

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- A Chinese energy company has lodged a complaint with the Chief Adviser, alleging manipulation and mismanagement in the coal procurement process for the 1,320MW coal-fired power plant... Read More


Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister meets Prof Yunus

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday at the State Guest House J... Read More


Club Notredemians' legacy night held

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Club Notredemians' Bangladesh Ltd organised a 'legacy night' recently in the club to honour former students of Notre Dame College (NDC). Former NDC students of three decades who stu... Read More