Bangladesh

Pressure mounted in next budget Mahfuja Mukul: Due to the effect of Russia-Ukraine war, the prices of fuel oil, food, gas and fertilizers increased abnormally in the world market. In addition, the crisis created the US dollar. Due to which the price of dollar increases against money. A rising dollar…

Mahfuz Emran: In the last few seasons, there has been bumper rice production in the country. In the last financial year (2021-22), the total production of rice in the country exceeded the all-time record. On the other hand, there is a record amount of food stock in government warehouses. At…

Farhad Chowdhury: According to the Finance Department, inflation will not come down much in the coming financial year. As a result, the main challenge is inflation control. And there will be two major pressures on the government’s operating expenses. They are – Subsidy and Interest Expenditure. Besides, there are International…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh embarked upon the era of metro rail service with technical and financial support from Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is financing the MRT Line-6 project from Uttara to Kamalapur. The country is also providing financial assistance in the ongoing MRT Line-1 and Line-5 construction project.However,…

Staff Correspondent: The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE), some 46,70,295 people have been added to the initially enumerated population and thus the…

Staff Correspondent: The sale of advance train tickets will start online from today for Eid holidaymakers.The commuters have to purchase their tickets online and mobile apps.For this, the commuters have to complete their registration through rail ticketing web portal ‘Rail Sheba’ or through sending SMS from mobile by showing NID/passport/birth…

Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Tk 603.76 crore was earned from Padma Bridge as toll in the last nine months.He gave the information during the question-answer session in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday. The House began with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.In a…

Padma Bridge loan repayment installments Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh would march ahead facing any hurdle with people’s support as she received two repayment installments of the Padma Bridge loan.“I believe we can step forward confronting any hurdle if the people stand beside us. Construction of…

Industry Desk: Accidental deaths have increased by 13.66% in March compared to the previous month, according to a report of the Road Safety Foundation released yesterday.Last month, the country experienced 486 road accidents which led to the tragic loss of at least 564 lives, which is a sizable jump from…

Traffic Index Industry Desk: Dhaka has been ranked as the fifth worst city in the world in 2023 in terms of traffic in the global database Numbeo’s Traffic Index by City 2023.Nigeria’s Lagos, San Jose in Costa Rice, Colombo in Sri Lanka and Los Angeles in the US were the…