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TIB study unearths huge graft in land offices

Revealing widespread corruption and irregularities in the country’s land service sector, a new study shows that land owners have to bribe up to Tk 2 lakh for the mutation work of a plot of land, reports news UNB. The study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) unfolds various bribery rates in different land services and civil suits relating to land disputes. It says land owners are forced to bribe Tk 100-10,000 in paying Land tib logoDevelopment Tax (LDT) while Tk 1,000-50,000 for land registration, Tk 200-1,000 for withdrawal of re...

5th Fashion Carnival from Aug 26

A five-day international exhibition of branded clothing and fashion products will begin on 26th August 2015 at Emmanuell’s Banquet Hall at Gulshan-1 in the city. Over 45 companies from home and abroad are participating in this exhibition titled ‘5th Bangladesh Fashion Carnival 2015’, 5th of its kind & will run till 30th August 2015. Redcarpet365 Ltd & Freelancerz, an event management firm, is organizing the event with the fbpage adv 133theme ‘Do Your Eid Shopping with ...

China to build floating oil terminal for Bangladesh

The government is set to sign a contract with a Chinese company next month to establish the country’s first floating terminal in the Bay of Bengal to unload imported fuel oil, officials said yesterday. bangladesh-and-china-flagEnergy division officials said a state-owned Chinese company is to obtain the work order from the Bangladesh government to install the floating terminal - single point mooring (SPM) - in the sea near Maheshkhali Island. The energy division requested the planning commission (PC) last week to a...

Seminar on ‘Bangladesh-China Trade Finance’ in Kunming

  International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - Bangladesh, The world business organization is organizing jointly with ICC China and CCPIT a Seminar on Bangladesh China Trade Finance : Role of Banks in Kunming, China on 21-22 August 2015. A total of senior level 44 bankers from 18 Banks including Bangladesh Bank will be participating at the Seminar. This is for the first time that ICC Bangladesh is organizing such a high level Seminar outside the country. Some 60 bankers of Chinese Banks will also be participating at the same Seminar together with Bangladeshi Bankers. bd-viet... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

South African Deputy Minister to arrive today

The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation’ Ms Nomaindiya Mfeketo’ will pay working visits to Bangladesh and Nepal from Wednesday to Friday this week. It will be the first ever visit by a South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation to both countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1994. The Third Senior Officials Meeting between South Africa and Bangladesh will also take place on Wednesday in Dhaka. This event will be co-chaired by the Deputy Director-General for Asia and Nomaindiya+Mfeketo

New project launched for vulnerable women

A new project titled the “Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO)” was launched on Sunday to support over 4400 poor women in the rural areas of Satkhira and Kurigram districts. women in BDImplemented by the Local Government Division of Bangladesh, this five-year project is aimed at the most vulnerable rural poor women. The UNDP, Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF), the Spanish Government and International Labour Organization (ILO) are providing financial assistance to the project, reports BSS. “The subs...
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