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  Chaos over special flights continues

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:52pm on April 18, 2021

  Passengers who got stuck following the sudden restrictions slapped on international flights are struggling to get their return tickets for their workplaces in five countries....

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  Businesses demand set of fiscal benefits to offset Covid fallout

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:11pm on April 18, 2021

  Businesses on Sunday demanded a set of benefits, including reduction and waiver of income tax and value-added tax rates, in the forthcoming national budget for...

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  Inter-bank electronic fund transfer still non-functional

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:08pm on April 18, 2021

  Operation of the Bangladesh Electronic Funds Transfer Network, the country’s first paperless electronic inter-bank funds transfer system, is yet to be restored after five days...

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  Govt launches $7.5m matching grant for producing MPPE

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:05pm on April 18, 2021

  The commerce ministry, with the support of the World Bank Group, on Sunday launched a fund worth $7.5 million for entrepreneurs to facilitate production of...

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  Dhaka stocks gain for 4th day

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:04pm on April 18, 2021

  Dhaka stocks advanced for the fourth day on Sunday as investors continued buying shares at lower prices after the recent plunge in share prices. Market...

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  Shop owners demand govt allow shops, markets to open from April 22

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:02pm on April 18, 2021

  Shop owners on Sunday demanded that the government should allow shops and markets to open across the country beginning on April 22. The Bangladesh Shop...

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  Jibon undergoes successful surgery

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:40pm on April 18, 2021

  Bangladesh national team striker Nabib Newaz Jibon underwent a knee surgery at a hospital in Kolkata, India on Saturday. ‘Alhamdulillah. Ligament [ACL] surgery successful. Please...

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  Liton to open in Tests?

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:34pm on April 18, 2021

  Bangladesh national team think tank is tinkering with the possibility of promoting wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das to the opening position in the forthcoming two-Test series against...

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  BFF, clubs optimistic to complete the league

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:58pm on April 18, 2021

  Bangladesh Football Federation and Bangladesh Premier League clubs in a virtual meeting on Sunday expressed optimism to resume and complete this season’s league unlike the...

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  Five women footballers test Covid positive

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:53pm on April 18, 2021

  A total of five Bangladesh national women’s team footballers have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Bangladesh Football Federation residential camp. The infected players are...