The government should allow more private companies to build effluent treatment plants (ETPs) inside Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE), said Shaheen Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA), yesterday.

Private companies are spearheading Bangladesh’s growth with their energy and optimism, putting the economy on a path to cross the $1-trillion mark by 2040, according to a top global consulting firm. 

A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking a halt to biometric registration for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards of mobile operators claiming it violates privacy and has a potential malafide intention.