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  Tk 5,930 proposed as minimum wage of auto workshop, Tk 5,940 for bakery workers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:56pm on April 22, 2018

  The minimum wage board has finalised its recommendations, setting Tk 5,930 and Tk 5,940 as gross monthly minimum pay for workers of automobile workshop sector and bakery,...

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  Manufacturers to get protection, incentives in next budget: NBR

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 19, 2018

  National Board of Revenue chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan on Wednesday said that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2018-2019 would give sufficient protection...

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  Undisclosed money legalisation with penalty to stay in next budget

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 18, 2018

  The existing provision of legalising undisclosed money through investment in construction and purchase of residential building and apartment would continue in the next budget to...

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  IMF also projects 7pc economic growth, lower than govt estimate

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 18, 2018

  International Monetary Fund has retained its projection for Bangladesh’s economic growth at 7 per cent, 0.65 percentage points lower than the government’s estimate, for the...

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  Arastoo resigns as IBBL chairman

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 18, 2018

  Arastoo Khan on Tuesday tendered his resignation as chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited bringing to an end to his15-month stint which had began amid...

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  Two mothers die after C-section in Sylhet

  Zaman Monir . Sylhet | Updated at 11:31pm on April 13, 2018

  Two women died in a private hospital in Sylhet allegedly for wrong treatment and negligence to provide timely treatment during their caesarean section on Friday....

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  US weighs rejoining TPP

  Reuters . Washington/Tokyo | Updated at 12:05am on April 14, 2018

  US president Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade deal his administration walked away from last...

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  US announces GSP eligibility review of India

  Press Trust of India . Washington | Updated at 12:05am on April 14, 2018

  Based on the market access concerns it has with India, the US on Friday announced eligibility review of India for the Generalized System of Preferences...

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  Uber launches ridesharing services in Chittagong

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 13, 2018

  Uber, an on-demand ridesharing service provider, launched its services, UberX, HIRE and MOTO, in Chittagong on Thursday, said a press release....

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  FBCCI advises govt not to frame ambitious budget focusing polls

  Staff correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on April 13, 2018

  The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Thursday advised the government not to formulate an ambitious budget focusing on general elections for...