Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent : The first Hajj flight of the year is starting on Sunday. On this day, 415 pilgrims will be going to Saudi Arabia on the first flight at 9 am. Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ BG-3001 will operate the first flight for government-management Hajj pilgrims.This information has been obtained from…

Staff Correspondent: The budget session of the fiscal year 2022-23 will begin at the parliament today (June 5). The current parliament is likewise in its18th session.According to sources at the parliament secretariat, Finance Minister AHM Musfataf Kamal will present the budget for FY 2022-23 on June 9.Although the budget session…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) will announce the new gas tariff at the consumer level today. Berc has called a virtual press conference in this regard at 3:00 pm yesterday.According to a Berc press release, the commission’s order on the new price rates at the consumer level of…

Staff Correspondent: Experimental lampposts have been lit for the first time on the much-anticipated Padma Bridge scheduled for inauguration on 25 June.The lampposts were lit in the 12th span of the bridge in the mid-river around 5.40pm Saturday, Padma Bridge’s Executive Engineer Abdul Kaden told The Business Standard.The work of…

Staff Correspondent: Tea production in Bangladesh was 60 million kg in 2009, which increased to 97.51 million kg in 2021, but the product is not exported much, so the government has decided to take steps to increase its export, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.“There is a huge global demand for…

Enayet Karim from Delhi: The “Golden Era” in India-Bangladesh relations must also lead to resolution of the most vexing issue between the two neighbouring countries including the dispute of water sharing of the common rivers. The poor interest of India in solving the water issue with Bangladesh has instigated Bangladesh…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh will send workers to Malaysia maintaining all necessary protocols, including vaccination and other formalities.She gave the assurance while visiting Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan called on her at her official residence Ganobhaban.She also expressed her deep satisfaction in holding the…

International Desk: Post-coup violence has pushed the number of displaced people in Myanmar to more than one million for the first time, the United Nations said, warning of “dire” conditions as the monsoon approaches and fighting rages.Almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the toppling of…

Commerce Minister Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has expressed hope that the price of edible oil will come down in the domestic market as well. The minister was speaking at a press briefing at the Commerce Ministry’s conference room ‘Tea Day 2022’ yesterday.Asked if the government would review (adjust)…