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DSEX 5,335.70 2.01% Gold (Ounce) $1,276.80 CSCX 9,871.38 1.90% Oil (Barrel) $73.26 Daily News Flash 20th May 2019 Sell Sell Dollar 84.50 85.45 GBP 104.70 108.70 Sell Sell Euro 92.70 96.70 Rupee 1.20 1.26 Table of Contents Macro Economy ............................................................................................................ 1 BTRC TO SEEK VIEWS OF DIVISIONS ON USSD PRICING GUIDELINES ................................................................ 1 RICE IMPORT TO BE RESTRICTED: FINANCE MINISTER .......................................................................................... 1 BTRC MOVES TO PARTIALLY STALL NOC ISSUANCE TO GP, ROBI ...................................................................... 2 EXPERTS, BUSINESSES SUGGEST TAX HOLIDAY SCHEME CONTINUATION ..................................................... 3 ACCORD TO STAY FOR 281 MORE WORKING DAYS .................................................................................................... 4 GOVT MULLS RICE EXPORT TO ENSURE FAIR PRICE ............................................................................................... 5 SIX TV CHANNELS INK DEAL TO USE BANGABANDHU SATELLITE ...................................................................... 6 COMMODITY TRADERS GRIN IN RAMADAN .................................................................................................................. 6 ব্যারেলপ্রতি ৬০ ডলারে নামরি পারে ব্রেন্ট ক্রু রডে গড় দাম ................................................................................................................. 7 তিতডতপে ৩০% আরে ঢাকা ও চট্টগ্রাম ব্রেরক: তিডা ব্রচয়ােম্যান .......................................................................................................... 8 তিরিএমতেে কারে টাকা তদরি আস্থা পারে না েেকাে ....................................................................................................................... 8 আিাে ব্রিেেকাতে খারি পাটকল!....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Bank and NBFIs ........................................................................................................... 10 LIMIT ON TRANSACTION THRU BANK-BACKED MFS RAISED .............................................................................. 10 DEFAULTERS HAVE THE LAST LAUGH.......................................................................................................................... 11 Capital Market Specific................................................................................................ 13 DSEX SOARS AS BANKS’ STOCK EXPOSURE LIMIT HIKED .................................................................................... 13 ADB PUSHES FOR POLICY ACTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 14 RUNNER AUTOMOBILES MAKES DEBUT TOMORROW ............................................................................................ 15 অতনয়রম ৫ ব্রকাম্পাতন: অন্ধকারে তিতনরয়াগকােীো ............................................................................................................................ 15 অগ্রণী ব্যা廬ক ব্রেরক আরো ১০ ব্রকা綿 ৮৩ লাখ টাকা ব্রপরয়রে আলহাজ্ব ব্রটটাইল ............................................................................. 16 ব্লক মারকেরট ইউতেতিে িড় ব্রলনরদন ................................................................................................................................................. 17 িতম ব্রিচরি অলরট ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17 駁綿 পরেে উৎপাদন িন্ধ ও নিু ন প্লান্ট স্থাপন: মূল্যে廬রিদনশীল িথ্য ব্রগাপন করেরে ব্রেতকট ব্রিনতকিাে ............................................. 17 ইনরডরে উত্থান িোতিি করেরে ব্রে ৯ ব্রকাম্পাতন ........................................................................................................................... 19 আইতপও অনুরমাদরনে মিা চায় তডএেই ....................................................................................................................................... 19 ২৩ ব্রম এতেআই’ে তিষরয় তেদ্ধান্ত ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 Daily News Flash Monday, May 20, 2019 Macro Economy BTRC TO SEEK VIEWS OF DIVISIONS ON USSD PRICING GUIDELINES The Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to take the opinions of its divisions before finalising the session-based unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) pricing guideline for mobile financial services (MFS). The commission in its 226th meeting asked the System and Services Division to send the draft guideline to all the divisions to get their views. After reviewing their opinions, the commission will finalise the session-based USSD pricing guideline and forward it to the ministry concerned for approval. The guideline will be published once it gets the green signal from the ministry. Earlier, the BTRC prepared the USSD pricing policy after consultations with the finance ministry, Telecom Division, Bangladesh Bank, mobile financial service providers, and the Association of Mobile Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB). The draft guideline was sent to the posts and telecommunications and ICT ministry. Later, a coordination meeting was held on July 24 and August 1 last year. At the meeting, it was decided that the definition of revenue-generating transactions and no revenue-generating transactions would be determined following the definition of the session-based USSD pricing guidelines. According to the proposed directive, the duration of a USSD session is 90 seconds and the charges will be Tk. 0.85 for MFS along with two free short messages. A USSD session is completed through a set of code numbers that are pressed on a mobile phone to initiate a transaction. The USSD is a global system for mobile communication technology for sending text messages between a mobile phone and an application programme in the network. MFS providers have claimed that if the new pricing regime is indeed established, it would negatively impact the end users. Currently, MFS providers share 7 per cent revenue with mobile operators as they use the networks of mobile network operators. However, session-based USSD charges are the standard in such cases. Source: http://m.theindependentbd.com/post/200255 RICE IMPORT TO BE RESTRICTED: FINANCE MINISTER Though stopping rice import entirely is not possible, it can be restricted to save the country’s farmers, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday. “Both agriculture and farmers are the driving forces of the country. So, it’s the moral duty of the government to resolve their problems,” he said. The minister said this when media personality and agriculture development activist Shykh Seraj presented recommendations on the agriculture sector at the ERD office of the Finance Ministry ahead of the upcoming budget. “As production was good this year, we could export rice to those countries that need rice. We have to give emphasis on rice export. So, steps will have to be taken for exporting rice. It’ll be done even after giving subsidy,” he said. If farmers do not recoup the production cost, they will feel discouraged to produce crops, Mustafa Kamal said, adding, “We’ll take all kinds of initiatives needed to save farmers. You’ll see all the things. We can start giving agriculture insurance through poultry.” 1 Back to Table of Contents Daily News Flash Monday, May 20, 2019 He said once vegetable farmers used to get no fair prices of their produces and vegetables used to get rotten. “But we managed to export those by giving subsidy. Now, Bangladesh is the 4th vegetable producing country in the world and vegetable farmers are getting prices properly. Similarly, subsidy can be given on rice export.” The minister stressed the need for increasing awareness among farmers about the use modern equipment in agriculture. “If they use modern technology, production will increase and production cost will come down as well. We’ll provide modern agricultural equipment to farmers,” he added. Shykh Seraj said he talked to farmers of Shariatpur, Bagerhat, Cox’s Bazar, Jashore and Natore districts and tried to include their demands in his 50-point recommendation. The recommendations include procuring rice directly from farmers, ensuring agricultural insurance to save farmers from climate change effects, excavating rivers and canals, ensuring standard crop seeds, proper marketing of agricultural goods, and specific policies on pesticide import, proper marketing, modernising agricultural sector and continuing subsidy on import of agricultural equipment.unb. Source: http://m.theindependentbd.com/post/200173 BTRC MOVES TO PARTIALLY STALL NOC ISSUANCE TO GP, ROBI Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has taken steps to stop partially issuing no- objection certificates to Grameenphone and Robi in connection with the operators’ non-payment of audit claims of the telecom regulator, said BTRC officials. BTRC officials told New Age that the commission for now refrained from issuing NOCs only for issues related to engineering and operation. Under the move, BTRC has already started the process of stalling NOCs for network transmission expansion by GP and Robi, equipment imports and financing clearances, they

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