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Import, export through Benapole port halted for a day

Import, export
Import, export

Import-export between India and Bangladesh through the Benapole port was suspended since this morning on the occasion of Janmashtami.

Hundreds of trucks laden with perishable and industrial raw materials are waiting to enter the Benapole port at Bongao Kalitala parking lot. The customs authorities are completing examination of various goods inside the port in advance.

Deputy Director (Traffic) of Benapole Port Mamun Kabir Tarafdar said that import and export activities through Benapole Port will start as per usual from tomorrow morning.

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Football Sports

Football Federation election rescheduled for October 3

Football Federation election
Football Federation election

The much talked about election of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which was postponed on March 27 due to outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in the country, has now been rescheduled for October 3.

The BFF re-fixed the new date for annual general meeting (AGM) and election of the federation in its 19th regular executive committee meeting held at BFF conference room through video conference on Tuesday (Aug 11) with its president Kazi M Salahuddin in the chair.

The BFF meeting also cancelled the Bangladesh Premier League and Bangladesh Championship League Football season 2019-20 due to Coronavirus pandemic. 

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National

Bangladesh to register positive growth despite global recession: StanChart

Bangladesh
Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug 13, 2020 (BSS) – Despite a global recession which is shaping up to be historic in scale, Bangladesh might be one of only two ASEAN and South Asian economies to register positive growth in 2020, observed Standard Chartered’s leading economists recently.

“While uncertainties remain, the worst is most likely over,” they said while speaking at a media session held following the 2020 Bangladesh session of the Bank’s Global Research Briefing series, said a press release here today.

Over 300 of the bank’s clients joined via video conferencing during the event, to participate in a unique digital experience.

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National

Families claim children were ‘murdered’ at Jashore correctional facility

Families claim children
Families claim children

Family members of seventeen-year-old Abu Naeem and twenty-one-year-old Rasel alias Sujon, who died at Jashore Child Development Centre yesterday, claimed that it was not a clash. The families have alleged that their children were murdered by the authorities of the correction centre.

Subeda Bibi (60), Rasel’s mother said her son was serving his time for what his crimes in the past. “But why did the people in the correction centre kill my son?” she asked. She also said her son was taken to hospital at 8:30pm even though the incident took place at 2:00pm.

Rasel’s sister-in-law Fahima Akter Tania said Rasel had secured bail from the court last Thursday and was set to be released from the correction centre coming Sunday.

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Cricket Sports

Khawaja, Head miss out as Australia confirm England tour

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Australia’s limited-overs tour of England will go ahead this month at bio-secure venues, officials said Friday, after its players were given government clearance to travel.

The confirmation ensures Australians will pad up for their first internationals in nearly six months, with Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Lyon and Marcus Stoinis recalled to the squad, while Usman Khawaja and Travis Head missed out.

Australia was originally scheduled to play three one-day and three Twenty20 matches against England in July, but the trip was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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National

Garment workers demand outstanding wages

Garment workers demand outstanding wages
Garment workers demand outstanding wages

Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB)- The workers of Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur held a rally at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding unpaid wages.

They claimed the factory authorities also threatened to file cases against them. The workers sought the intervention of the government and BGMEA authorities.

National Garment Workers Federation President Amirul Haque Amin urged the factory authorities to pay the workers within the shortest possible time.

Alamgir Roni, president of Gonotantrik Garments Sramik Karmachari Federation, accused the company of harassing workers and torturing them. 

He threatened to intensify agitation if the workers are not paid and their harassment is not stopped.

One more dengue patient detected in 24 hrs

One more dengue patient detected in 24 hrs August 15, 2020

BNP marks Khaleda’s birthday unceremoniously

BNP marks Khaleda’s birthday unceremoniously August 15, 2020

Curtain rises on first-ever virtual exhibition on Bangabandhu by Gallery Cosmos

Curtain rises on first-ever virtual exhibition on Bangabandhu by Gallery Cosmos August 15, 2020

7 deer poachers held in Sundarbans

7 deer poachers held in Sundarbans August 15, 2020

Trump orders Chinese TikTok owners to sell US assets within 90 days

Trump orders Chinese TikTok owners to sell US assets within 90 days August 15, 2020

Covid-19 cases in India cross 2.5 million

Covid-19 cases in India cross 2.5 million August 15, 2020

3 of a family burned dead in Chattagram slum fire

3 of a family burned dead in Chattagram slum fire August 15, 2020

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International

For China’s landlords, rent-to-riches dreams fade in red flag for fragile economy

China’s landlords
China’s landlords

Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China’s private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out. Then came the new coronavirus, jobless tenants leaving town and a rent falloff.

She’s one of millions of Chinese landlords who have bought apartments to let in a highway to the country’s growing middle class, many now facing a first slump in rental income.

Analysts say there’s little prospect of widespread mortgage defaults for now, and property prices continue to grow, albeit more slowly. But the rental woes underline China’s economic fragility, with the landlord legions already cutting back on spending amid their gloom.

Li, who declined to give her full name, said she had to almost halve the rent at one of her apartments between February and May to hang on to a tenant, while her own salary was slashed 25 per cent as her employer made coronavirus cutbacks.

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National

Stocks dip on lukewarm data

Stocks dip on lukewarm data
Stocks dip on lukewarm data

Stocks fell on Friday as data out of China, the euro zone and the United States put a lid on expectations for a sustained global rebound, with traders already worried about a delay in US fiscal stimulus.

A review of the US-China trade deal initially slated for Saturday will be delayed due to scheduling issues and no new date has been agreed upon, according to sources familiar with the plans.

European shares were weighed further by a hit to travel stocks after Britain added more European countries, including France, to its quarantine list amid the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wall Street, a slowdown in retail sales growth last month and concern over further reluctance by consumers weighed on stocks, but the S&P 500 ended nearly unchanged, not far from record highs.

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National

Families of Teknaf ‘Gunfight’ Victims: The false hope of ‘public hearing’

Families of
Families of

People taking turns to talk on a particular issue, placing testimonials, and administrators listening cautiously and coming up with certain commitments publicly is how a public hearing takes place.

And people in Teknaf turned up at the office of the in-charge of Rohingya Camp-23 at 10:00am yesterday expecting something like this.

But a public hearing is not what they got. At 11:25am, a high-level investigation committee, formed by the home ministry to investigate the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan in police firing, began a closed-door meeting at the office in Shamlapur area, only with a handful of preselected persons. The meeting continued till 4:40pm and those persons were sent home through a back door.

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National

FM seeks cooperation from diplomats in bringing back Bangabandhu’s killers

FM seeks
FM seeks

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday sought cooperation from foreign diplomats in bringing back fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

He was addressing a virtual discussion with foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka and New Delhi marking the National Mourning Day to commemorate the 45th anniversary of martyrdom of Father of the Nation.

Law Minister Anisul Huq and State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam also spoke at the discussion while Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen delivered the welcome remarks. 

Around 83 diplomats stationed in Dhaka and New Delhi joined the discussion hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

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