Bangladesh

City dwellers suffer from little rain Golam Mostafa Jibon: City dwellers have been facing manifold problems including water stagnation andmassive breeding of mosquitoes like Dengue and Chikungunya due to continuous pollution of canals located in and around the capital.Locals said, the word ‘pollution’ has become complementary with the capital’s canals.…

Country may face food shortage Special Correspondent: The farmers of the country are facing acute shortage of fertilizer due to the abnormal price hike of different types of fertilizer. The unscrupulous dealers have increased fertilizer prices showing artificial crisis in the market.Farmers are hostage to fertilizer sellers in Jeevannagar, Chuadanga.…

Mahfuja Mukul: Potatoes produced in the country contain harmful bacteria. Due to this, obstacles are being created in the export of potatoes abroad, said Chairman of Bangladesh Safe Food Authority. Abdul Qayyum.He said this at a press conference office yesterday. This press conference was organized on the occasion of ‘Food…

Target Power Stations and Economic Zones Mahfuja Mukul: Initiatives have been taken to supply gas to six power plants and economic zones of the country to ensure uninterrupted production. This gas will be brought through the pipeline from Bakhrabad gas field in Muradnagar, Comilla. For this purpose, the transmission line…

Minimum fare Tk 20maximum Tk 100 Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh government has fixed the minimum fare at Tk 20 — that’s Tk 5 per kilometre, more than double what you shell out for a bus ride (Tk 2.45 a kilometre) in the densely populated metropolis.“The minimum metro fare has been…

Industry Desk: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has said that Bangladesh is our biggest development and trade partner.The Indian Prime Minister came up with the remark while addressing a joint-press conference with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of bilateral talks in New Delhi yesterday.Narendra Modi said trade…

Staff Correspondent: The power supply has been restored to large parts of the Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions after an issue with a major transmission line led to a widespread outage that lasted from 40 minutes to 1.5 hours in some areas.The transmission line tripped at 9:04 am yesterday, said…

Ceramic export under threat Mahfuja Mukul: Most of the export sectors have been seriously affected production shortage due to gas and electricity shortage. As a result, not only the production but also the exports have been declining day by day including the ceramic, textile, readymade garments, jute and leather products…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh is performing well in three important indicators of the economy amidst the global financial crisis. The latest data of different economic indicators show that despite the global crisis, Bangladesh is turning around in export of garment items.In the first five months of this calendar year, Bangladesh’s garment…