International online purchase limit tripled

Star Online Report

Bangladesh Bank today tripled the limit for international transaction for online purchase that will boost e-commerce services in the country.
Now, the users have the ceiling of $300 per transaction, the central bank said in a circular.
Previously, the limit was $100 since its introduction in May 2013.
Also, the scope of the purchase facility has been widened to accommodate magazine and newspaper subscription, the circular said.
Earlier, the facility was limited only to legitimate purchase of goods and services such as downloadable application software and ebooks from reputed and reliable sources abroad.

James Bond Aston Martin DB10 Spectre car sold for £2.4m

The Aston Martin DB10, built exclusively for the latest James Bond film "Spectre," is displayed at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, November 19, 2015. Photo: AFP

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An Aston Martin sports car from the James Bond film Spectre has sold at auction for £2,434,500.
The DB10, one of only two "show cars" from the 10 made specially for the film, smashed its reserve price of £1m.
Made in Warwickshire, the model has a 4.7-litre V8 petrol engine and a top speed of 190 mph - but it cannot be driven on public roads.
"Spectre - The Auction", at Christie's London King Street, saw 10 lots raise £2,785,500 for charities.
A further 14 items continue in an online auction which ends next Tuesday.
Other lots included the "Day of the Dead" costume worn by Daniel Craig in Spectre, which sold for £98,500.
Sam Smith's Writing on the Wall record and sheet music went for £9,375.
Aston Martin has been associated with Bond since the 1964 film Goldfinger, which featured a DB5.
The auctioned DB10, hand built at Aston Martin's UK headquarters in Gaydon, was signed by Daniel Craig.
Most of the DB10s were modified for use in the filming of Spectre but two were left unmodified for display.
The film is reported to have destroyed $36m (£25m) worth of cars during shooting.

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Freeze on hiring foreign workers won’t affect KL-Dhaka hiring deal

The decision to freeze all recruitment of foreign workers does not affect the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Bangladesh Government, says Datuk Seri Richard Riot. Photo: The Star

The Star, Petaling Jaya

The decision to freeze all recruitment of foreign workers does not affect the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Bangladesh government, says Richard Riot.
"Further details on the decision to freeze foreign worker recruitment will be announced by the government," the human resources minister said in a two-paragraph statement today.
However, Riot said the ministry welcomed the "positive" decision, as it clearly reflected the government's priority of providing employment opportunities to local workers.
On Friday, the government suspended the recruitment of all foreign workers, including those from Bangladesh, pending a review of the levy and rehiring programme.
The move comes just a day after Malaysia inked a deal with Bangladesh to bring in its workers here over the next three years.
Announcing the decision, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the suspension would enable the government to reconsider the revised two-tier levy for foreign workers.
His announcement came amid uproar from several civil and trade groups, who urged the government to legalise the existing migrants instead.
Zahid had previously justified the government's move to bring in Bangladeshi workers, whom he said were here to the 3D jobs (dirty, difficult and dangerous), which locals preferred not to do.