Evening Brief

Zafar Iqbal expresses sorrow over plagiarism in textbooks

Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal has expressed sorrow and disappointment over the reported plagiarism in the class VII science textbooks, an incident that has sparked criticism among the citizens and netizens of the country.

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File photo of Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Dhaka Tribune

Economists: New monetary policy not sufficient to tame inflation, exchange rate crisis

Leading economists believe that the new monetary policy adopted by the central bank will not be able to overcome the obstacles of taming inflation and boosting the flow of Dollars and Taka during the second half (H2) of the fiscal year.

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No CCTV cameras in Bogra by-polls for lack of funds

Election Commissioner Begum Rashida Sultana said that due to lack of sufficient budget, there will be no CCTV cameras in the by-election for the parliamentary seats to be held on February 1.

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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Experts: Light engineering can fetch $25bn export earnings

Experts on Monday said that Bangladesh could earn $25 billion by exporting light engineering products to potential markets like China, the USA, India, Singapore and Japan, provided that necessary policy support was given to the sector.

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SME light engineering 

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