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Multiple entry-exit points likely from next month

Multiple entry-exit points 
likely from next month
Travellers from Bangladesh and India are likely to be allowed to visit the countries through multiple entry and exit points from January. For this, an amended Revised Travel Arrangement (RTA) is going to be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Delhi in the third week of December. It would enable travellers of Bangladesh and India to use multiple border points. The senior secretary of the home ministry, Dr Mozammel Haque Khan, raised the issue at the home secretary-level meeting in Delhi on December 5 and 6, and both sides agreed to amend it. The RTA was signed on January 28, 2013, during the visit by the then Indian home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, to Dhaka. The additional secretary (immigration and security) of the…

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Top militants continue to evade arrest
Top militants continue to evade arrest
The law enforcement agencies are yet to nab most-wanted militants on the run despite repeated claims…

Section of local AL leaders still active against Ivy in N’ganj city polls

Section of local AL leaders still active against Ivy in N’ganj city polls

A section of the Awami League's Narayanganj district unit is still active against the party-nominated mayoral candidate, Selina Hayat Ivy. This, despite the AL central leadership's repeated attempts to narrow the rift between leaders and workers of the ruling party in the port city. There is…
Verdict on appeals of Mufti Hannan, two others today

Verdict on appeals of Mufti Hannan, two others today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the appeals of three Huji death row convicts including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan against the High Court judgment that had upheld their death penalty in connection with the 2004 grenade attack killing three persons and injured…
Bangladesh-Malaysia FTA

Bangladesh-Malaysia FTA

The planned free-trade agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Malaysia to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation has been in the air for quite some years now. Bangladesh’s response to the FTA has so far been somewhat lukewarm. As per latest developments on the issue, the Malaysian deputy…
Age diversity and the workplace

Age diversity and the workplace

Diversity at workplace is one of the prominent issues in today’s world. It is the challenging issue that managers face to manage at the workplace. But it gives the highest output if properly managed. By managing the workplace diversity, companies can increase the overall efficiency that results…
Inflation eases slightly in Nov

Inflation eases slightly in Nov

The country’s general point-to-point inflation rate recorded a downward trend, as it fell to 5.38 per cent in November from 5.57 per cent in October, with both food and non-food inflation rates witnessing a downtrend. “The general point-to-point inflation rate in November further eased to…
Syria rebels reject Aleppo exit as army advances

Syria rebels reject Aleppo exit as army advances

Russia said it would hold talks with Washington yesterday on a total rebel withdrawal from Syria’s Aleppo, where the army has made sweeping advances, but opposition factions have rejected any evacuation, reports AFP. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have seized two-thirds of the former…
Artworks of 4 late master painters on display at Nat’l Museum

Artworks of 4 late master painters on display at Nat’l Museum

Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) has arranged a 15-day group art exhibition featuring the artworks of four late master painters— Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, Potua Quamrul Hassan, SM Sultan and Shafiuddin at its Nalini Kanta Bhattashali Gallery, as a part of the month-long ongoing 17th Asian Art…
Rajshahi one shot away from final

Rajshahi one shot away from final

Rajshahi Kings captain Darren Sammy smashed a marauding 27 ball-55 to eliminate Chittagong Vikings and propelled his side one shot away from the BPL-4 final. Sammy’s captain’s knock was the key in steering Rajshahi Kings from a precarious 57 for six to seal his side’s three-wicket…
Erosion renders 300 families homeless

Erosion renders 300 families homeless

Kurigram: Erosion has taken a serious turn along the banks of the Brahmaputra river, rendering at least 300 families of Nayachar Bazar and Kodalkati Bazar in Rajibpur upazila homeless for the last three weeks, reports UNB. During a visit to the areas mentioned above, this UNB correspondent found that…
India wants to use Ctg, Mongla ports

India wants to use Ctg, Mongla ports

India wants to use the Chittagong and Mongla seaports to ferry goods to and from India. Bangladesh will propose an increase in the number of protocol routes if India wants to do that, sources said, and will also seek a hike in dredging cost compensation. India currently pays Bangladesh only Tk. 10 crore…
Trump, Duterte and the future of Philippines

Trump, Duterte and the future of Philippines

With an upset win President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to positively reset deteriorating U.S.-Philippines relations. The news of his victory was received with much elation by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. While the two executives may appear to be birds of a feather—certainly…
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