NBR cuts mobile phone import duties by 60%
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has slashed customs duty on imported mobile phones by 60 per cent aimed at keeping handset prices within the purchasing capacity of consumers amid rising living costs.
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Bangladesh absent from Kolkata International Book Fair again
The 49th Kolkata International Book Fair will begin on 22 January. The fair will be held at the Central Park fairground in Salt Lake and will continue until 3 February. As in previous years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the fair. This year’s focal theme country is Argentina.
Upper house of legislature urgent to prevent personal autocracy: Ali Riaz
Professor Ali Riaz, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, said that a bicameral legislature has been recommended to prevent autocratic power from being concentrated in the hands of any individual in the future.
Education’s primary goal is to foster independent thinkers: Chief Adviser
Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus has stated that the main goal of education is to develop independent thinkers.
25,000 police to be deployed in Dhaka for election security
Law enforcement agencies are preparing an unprecedented security operation for polling centres in Dhaka ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
New political platform Janajatra to be launched
A new political platform named Janajatra is set to be launched by several leaders who resigned from the National Citizen Party, NCP, along with student leaders who were active in the July mass uprising.
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