The Editors' Council expressed grave concern over the draft Digital Security Act in a meeting in the city on Thursday.
The meeting was chaired by Editors' Council President and Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar.
The Council said the Section 19 of the proposed Digital Security Act contains all the anti-free press elements of Section 57 of the existing [...]

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The disbursement of loans to construct homes soared in last eight years from 2009 to 2016, but it declined sharply in cases of purchasing flats or apartments, according to a new study report.
The loans for construction out of the total home loans disbursed increased by over 41 per cent to around 66 per cent [...]

The government has suspended further borrowing from the banking system through cancelling upcoming six auctions of its securities for this month to ensure proper cash management, officials said.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) apprised on Thursday the commercial banks of the government's decision on cancellation of auctions of both treasury bills (T-bills) and bonds.
"We've informed the banks [...]

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted Ram Nath Kovind on being elected the President of India.
“I firmly believe that the ties of friendship and cooperation, which so happily exist between our two countries, will further be widened and deepened under your able presidency,” President Hamid said in his congratulatory message [...]

Speakers at a programme in Gaibandha have underscored the need for waging a social movement against contraband drugs abuse. They also urged all to creating awareness among the people about the bad effects of narcotics to build a drug-free society.
Eradication of narcotics is not possible without a social movement, they said while addressing an anti-narcotics [...]

Some 450 members of cyclone ‘Mora’ victim families in Bandarban’s Lama upazila have received donation.
State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing distributed the cheques of donation with the assistance of UNDP Bangladesh.
The cheques were handed over to the cyclone victim families on Lama Upazila Parishad premises on Wednesday. source – BSS
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Bad weather caused a military plane to crash in Myanmar last month with 122 people on board, state media say.
The Chinese-made aircraft went down in the Andaman Sea on 7 June with no survivors.
Investigators found the pilot had lost control after entering thick storm cloud. Ice had formed on the wings and sudden crosswinds had [...]

A couple died from electrocution at Shreepur village in Homna upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Mujib Vandari and his wife Jakia Begum of the village. They left behind a son and a daughter, reports UNB.
Officer-in-Charge of Homna Police Station Rasul Ahmed Nizami said Jakia was electrocuted as she came into contact with a [...]

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Finance Minister A M A Muhith on Wednesday said Bangladesh has to wait until 2021 for getting middle-income country status recognition from United Nations (UN).
"Next year, there will be a UN meeting, where they will review our appeal to get middle-income country status. If they agree, they will give us three years time to [...]

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A high-powered government body has proposed a fivefold raise in the ceiling of income tax payment through treasury chalan as a measure of preventing forgeries.
It recommended enhancing the ceiling of income tax payment through treasury chalan to Tk 50,000 from the existing amount of Tk 10,000.
The Cash and Debt Management Committee (CDMC) proposed [...]