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There have been many cases of import/export regulation violations where the concerned businessmen could not be traced. To avoid such discrepancies, exporters and importers would have to be members of related trade bodies to carry on with their business. Faruk Khan, commerce minister has said that businessmen will not be allowed to export or import unless they were members of related trade bodies. He said that the draft of Trade Organisation Act, which will be finalized by the start of next year, will include this provision. The minister was speaking to reporters following a visit by the outgoing European Union ambassador Stefan Frowein on Wednesday. He said that work was ongoing to implement and finalise the draft of the 'Trade Organisation Act.' The minister said that a copy of the draft has been provided to the apex trade body, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and opinions of all related parties will be considered before the Act was fi...

APEXTANRY News:    The company has informed that the Board of Directors of the company has decided to purchase 56,945 additional ordinary shares of CDBL at a cost of Tk. 34,16,700.00 (at rate of Tk.60.00 per share including premium of Tk. 50.00 per share). METROSPIN News:    Al-Haj Abdul Ali and Mr. Mohd. Ferdous Kawser Masud, both are Sponsors/Directors of the company, have further reported that they have completed their sale of 5,99,100 and 5,36,400 shares respectively at prevailing market price through Stock Exchange as announced earlier. BDFINANCE News:    (Q3): As per un-audited quarterly accounts for the 3rd quarter ended on 30th September 2010 (July'10 to Sep'10), the company has reported net profit after tax of Tk. 65.09 million with EPS of Tk. 14.78 as against Tk. 0.27 million and Tk. 0.06 (restated) respectively for the same period of the previous year. It is to be noted that income from investment in securities was Tk. 72.87 m...

A proposal concerning the issue has already been sent to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, civil aviation secretary Shafique Alam Mehedi told on Monday. "The cell will be formed as soon as the prime minister approves the proposal," he said. Airport Planning & Management The civil aviation ministry has proposed formation of a cell to speed up the construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport. Ministry officials preferring not to be named said that the civil aviation authorities were thinking of building the new airport close to Dhaka. It will be built on about 6,000 acres according to the sources. The civil aviation has initially selected three sites — two in Madhupur, Tangail and one in Mymensingh's Trishal. The airport will start operations with two runways at the beginning but there will be sufficient space to make a third one. The budget for this airport, including expenses for constructing an elevated expressway between Dhaka and the airport and a ...

 According to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), the costs of telephone calls to most overseas destinations will be reduced from Sunday. These lower prices are part of the decision by the BTRC to bring all calls under a single platform - with callers from now on having to dial 00 to make international calls. Callers will no longer be able to make calls using 012 prefix. The BTRC website shows the revised tariff for calls to India using both land lines and mobile phones will be Tk 12 per minute, reduced from Tk 15-18 per minute. There will be a tariff of Tk 6 per minute for calling the following countries: Canada, the US, Argentina, the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China and Hong Kong.   Calls made to land lines telephones of the following destinations would be charged at Tk 8 per minute: The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Austria , Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey ,Nor...

The Bengali year was introduced during the regime of Emperor Akbar to facilitate revenue collection in the 16th century. Ameer Fateh Ullah Sirajee, member of Akbar's Nabaratna initiated the "crop year" by mixing the solar year with lunar year. It was Sirajee who began counting Bengali Nababarsha from Baishakh after combining Hizri with Bengali year. The name Baishakh was derived from a heavenly body named 'Bishakha.' Prospects of material folk culture studies and folklife museums in Bangladesh However, in Bangladesh, the celebration was first shifted in 1988, following a coordinating committee recommendation. It suggested to observe the day on Apr 14, saying that it would be scientific, instead of following 'panjika'. The committee was formed under the supervision of the Bangla Academy in 1963. Veteran academician Dr Muhammad Shahidullah and Dr Meghnad Saha were among the top members. But, the West Bengal government did not accept that. The citizens ...

On March 27 morning, Ashraf stabbed his girlfriend Barsha, and her parents at their Kalabagan residence. He had stayed there overnight. Kalabagan police station's sub-inspector, Tariqul Islam, had said, "Barsha and Ashraf appeared to have become involved at university." The Stabbing in the Stables (Fethering Mystery) Hey...Stop Stabbing Me! Ashraf had demanded Tk 20 lakh from Barsha's father and upon being refused became violent. Police has arrested Ashraf Ali from Kaliganj, three days after he stabbed his girlfriend and her parents in an altercation over money.

Bangladesh will talk with India on dredging of the Surma River at the Joint Rivers Commission meeting starting Thursday in New Delhi. A 16-strong Bangladesh delegation, headed by water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen, reached New Delhi on Wednesday to attend the 37th ministerial-level meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission. Peace Like a River Water Development Board officials say water flows in the Surma river comes down to almost nothing in the dry season after 1990s as a big shoal has emerged in the no-man's land in Amalshid where Indian Barak Iiver enters Bangladesh into two rivers—Surma and Kushiara. Surma Bengali News Weekly They say removal of the shoal by dredging has not got the importance it deserved. "We will discuss the Teesta's water sharing. Also, we will raise this issue of Surma's dredging at the JRC meeting," water resources secretary Shaikh Wahid-uz-Zaaman, one of the delegation members. Where the River Ends Water Development Board...