NN Online Report: Academic and administrative activities of 35 public universities of the country, including Dhaka University, came to a...
Day: July 1, 2024
NN Online Report: The government has further cut export subsidies for almost all sectors to reduce pressure on the coffer...
City Desk : State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday said necessary steps will be taken to check the call drop problem of phones and increase internet speed. “We will give importance to financial and technical audits to check internet speed. Technical team has been formed in this matter. Drives will also be carried out to resolve call drop problems. We will do monitoring and audit regularly,” he said, reports BSS. The state minister...
Staff Reporter : In a significant move for the honey industry in Bangladesh, the Sundarbans’ honey is on the verge of being registered as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of the country. The Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner has officially submitted an application to the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT), a division of the Ministry of Industries, for the registration of Sundarbans’ honey as a GI product. This development was confirmed by a statement from the DPDT issued on Sunday....
AFP . London Britain’s deputy prime minister warned Sunday that the country’s upcoming general election faces threats from hostile actors such as Russia seeking to influence the UK’s democratic process. The country will go to the polls on Thursday, in an election expected to oust the governing right-wing Conservatives and put the opposition Labour party in power. His comments came after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that it had uncovered five Facebook pages spreading the same pro-Kremlin talking points. Some...
Staff Reporter : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday transferred its First Secretary (Taxes Legal and Enforcement) Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal to Bogura amid serious corruption allegations. Md Shahiduzzaman, First Secretary of the NBR, signed the notice regarding Faisal’s transfer, which took immediate effect. Faisal has been reassigned to Range-1 in Tax Zone Bogura as an Additional Joint Tax Commissioner (current charge). In the same order, Additional Tax Commissioner (current charge) Md Moniruzzaman of Range-1 in Tax Zone...
NN Online Report: Independent MP elected from Barishal-4 Pankaj Nath on Sunday demanded formation of a commission to protect the rights of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. He made the plea during discussion on the proposed cut motion proposal on the Law Ministry in Parliament. Opposition MP Hafiz Uddin Ahmed spoke about shortage of judges and demanded establishment of a High Court bench in each division, reports UNB. Independent Member of Parliament Abul Kalam Azad said millions of people are roaming...
NN Online Report: The first-ever Annual Performance Agreement (APA) of Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) for 2024-2025 fiscal year was signed on Sunday between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BPPA and the Secretary of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED). The Cabinet Division introduced Annual Performance Agreement from the financial year of 2015-2016 with an aim of increasing efficiency, bringing dynamism, improving quality of services in government functions and increasing effectiveness of organisations under an innovative approach. The CEO...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced an extension of the payment period for imports of industrial raw materials, increasing it from 180 to 360 days. This arrangement will be maintained until December 2024, as stated in a BB circular issued on Sunday (June 30). Previously, this facility was set to expire in June of the current year. However, to facilitate trade transactions, the central bank decided to extend the policy support until December 31, 2024. The circular...
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