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Govt plans to borrow Tk 738b

The government has planned to borrow Tk 73,828 crore from banking and the non-banking sectors in the new fiscal year (2017-18reports UNB. Of the total amount, Tk 48,000 will come from the banking sector while Tk 25,828 crore from the non-banking sector. The government is going for the increased borrowing as it does not want to put extra tax burden on the mass people ahead of the next general election to be held in 2019, a Finance Ministry official told the news agency. This budget, expected to see a wider deficit, will be the last budget for the Awami-League-led grand alliance government as the 2018-‘19 budget will be a partial one. “So, the government wants to make the mass people happy in various ways though the upcoming budget,”…

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Slow progress in reclaiming land affects students

Slow progress in reclaiming the land of 23 government primary schools in the capital from land-grabbers…

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News

ADB to provide $616m for power sector dev

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 616 million to Bangladesh to implement a project for enhancing the coverage and reliability of its power system and improving the efficiency of the distribution network, reports UNB. A loan agreement to this end will be signed this afternoon at the NEC-II…

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Metro

Akhtaruzzaman flyover to be opened by 10 Ramadan

CHITTAGONG: The much-awaited 5.2-kilometre long Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury flyover in the port city is expected to be opened to traffic by 10 Ramadan, reports BSS. The decision was taken at a meeting with Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam in the chair at his office on Saturday.…

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Editorial

Many forums, scant privileges

In a globalised world, regional co-operations are forged for two reasons, to strengthen ties among neighbours and to create trade plus cultural platforms to ensure improved economic co-operation buffeted by trade related advantages. Bangladesh, as a country with a steady economic growth, looks forward…

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Op-ed

Merits and Demerits of Foreign Direct Investment

There are significant reserves of foreign currency in Bangladesh. It is mounting up during last few years. At the same time we have a good amount of unutilized money in the banking system. It seems to be listen good that we are becoming wealthy nation with handsome cash in hand. But till now our…

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Miscellaneous

Father, son drown

RANGPUR: A father and his son died after drowning in a pond in village Kashiram under Tushbhander union of Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat today, police and hospital sources said, reports BSS. The victims were identified as Nirab Hossain, 7, and his father Dabiar Rahman, 38. Quoting local sources, Duty…

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Business

BBS survey finds 4.18 per cent of workforce unemployed

Around 26 lakh of the 6.21-crore-strong labour force of Bangladesh were unemployed in 2015–16, according to the 13th Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), which was released yesterday. According to the report, 4.18 per cent of the country’s workforce…

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Worldwide

Civilians ‘in grave danger’: UN

London: Civilians are being hit hardest as Iraq's military assault on Mosul enters its final phase, the country's UN humanitarian relief co-ordinator says, reports BBC. Lise Grande told the BBC residents were in grave danger as so-called Islamic State (IS) was directly targeting families. Many…

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Dhakalive

Eid telefilm brings five popular faces in one frame

Swadhinata Padak and Ekushey Padak-winning actor Syed Hasan Imam, veteran actress Sharmili Ahmed, popular actor Apurba, Lux star Mehazabien and young artiste FM Jony have acted together in an Eid telefilm titled ‘Rongtuli O Neel Bhalobasa’. The telefilm is written by Sezan Nur and directed…

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Sports

Khaled hopes Tigers to play in semis

BCB director and its game development committee chairman Khaled Mahmud Sujon said that Bangladesh should play at semifinal stage of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. “I think we should play at semifinal stage though like others I will say that we have been drawn in the tough…

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Nationwide

Landless families being self-reliant

Rajshahi: Latifa Akhter, 40, wife of a rickshaw-puller Sabij Mian, has become self-reliant by running a small-scaled poultry farm at her home, reports BSS. Latifa, a resident of Halidagachhi Charghat upazila of the district, started her poultry farm in 2015 under the Ashrayan Project. At the preliminary…

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Utilities crunch clouds first day of Ramadan

Low gas and erratic water supplies along with fluctuations in electricity affected several areas of the capital on the first day of Ramadan yesterday. The situation was made worse by the hot sultry weather with the mercury hovering around 35 degree Celsius. The gas crunch in vast areas of Mirpur, Mohammadpur…

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