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Due to absence of automation, there is a lack of transparency in the country’s financial sector which ultimately indulge corruption. Document Verification System (DVS) will definitely help to bring the financial discipline in the country, said Abu Hena Md. RahmatulMuneem,Senior Secretary, Internal Resources Division (IRD) & Chairman, NBR on Thursday. He was addressing as chief guest at the virtual members’ conference on    Document Verification System and Authenticity of Audited Financial Statements” organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).DVS is an application under which a document verification code (DVC) will be automatically generated by the system after the submission of some specific information in the system by the auditor.It can be viewed by the Government Agencies, different stakeholders and Regulators like Bangladesh Bank, FRC, BSEC, IDRA, etc. covered under MOU or any framework with the Institute. &ld...

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Women at most risk during disaster

Bangladesh is a disaster-prone area due to its geographical location. According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2019, Bangladesh ranks ninth among the top 15th countries at risk due to natural disasters. Women and children are at most risk during disasters. Of the 3.3 million people affected by the long-lasting flood this year, 52% were women. The joint blow from corona and Amphan have made the women in the south-west region of the country suffer even more. Out of 2.6 million people affected by cyclone Amphan in 19 districts, 8 lakh 20 thousand were women including 49 thousand 316 pregnant women. Participatory Research Action Network-PRAN and ActionAid Bangladesh in collaboration with UNFPA, organized a webinar titled ‘Women’s Vulnerability in Disaster: Unheard Voice...

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Cricketers to undergo corona test amid uncertainty over SL tour

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will conduct the COVID-19 test of 27 cricketers who were given GO (Government Order) for the tour of Sri Lanka.The corona test of those 27 cricketers was held on Friday as the uncertainty looms over the Sri Lanka series following Bangladesh’s refusal to stay mandatory 14-day quarantine in the Island nation.Nonetheless Bangladesh wanted to take preparation from their part.“We want to prepare for our part. At the same time, we are waiting for the reply of Sri Lanka,” said BCB Cricket Operations Chairman Akram Khan.The BCB made it clear that apart from seven-day quarantine and practice facilities during the isolation period should be given, otherwise they wouldn’t tour Sri Lanka. They are due to play a three-match Test series there, which is the part of the ICC World Test Championship.Since Bangladesh has been out of cricket since March, they were keen to set up a practice camp in Sri Lanka in a bid to get a good preparation for the series. But Sri Lanka who so far contained COVID-19 well, was reluctant to give them the opportunity, making it clear that Bangladesh players and officials even couldn’t go out of the hotel room while in the 14-day quarantine period.If Bangladesh accepts Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 protocol, they clearly won’t get any time to take preparation. At the same time, Sri Lanka won’t give them any team to play a warm-up game due to the COVID-19 protocol. Therefore Bangladesh doesn’t see any merit in touring the country unless Sri Lanka changes COVID-19 protocol.However ...

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