Bangladesh

Teledensity 105.75 pc in BD Special Correspondent: The government’s arrears to the country’s mobile operators amounted to Tk 13,725.934 crore. Of this, only Grameenphone has arrears amounting to Tk 10,589.94 crore.The amount of Grameenphone’s audit objection amounted to Tk 12,589.94 crore. Of this, the company has paid only Tk two…

Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget of Tk 6.80 trillion (6.80 lakh crore) in the Jatiya Sangsad forFY2022-2023 tomorrow.The size of the budget will be about 15 percent of the country’s gross domestic product or GDP.This is the country’s 50th budget and…

Staff Correspondent: The value of taka has decreased further against the US dollar in the country. The exchange rate was Tk 91.50 against per dollar after decreasing by Tk 1.60 on Monday. The exchange rate of each dollar on Tuesday was Tk 91.95 after declining by Tk 0.45.The information was…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Japan’s ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki yesterdaysaid the inauguration of mega project Padma Bridge will boost foreign investors’ confidence on the country.“This is going to be a wonderful moment,” he said highlighting the growing presence of quality infrastructure in Bangladesh. The ambassador was speaking at “DCAB Talk” at…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh has agreed to allow Bhutan to use six more ports including Aricha, Chilmari, Sirajganj, Mongla, Chattogram and Payra Port under the port of call arrangement.The development came at a meeting between the Bangladeshi and Bhutanese delegation in Dhaka earlier last week, reports Bhutanese daily Kuensel on 1…

Over 1.0 m Indians working illegally in BD Special Correspondent: Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance in last year and targets $26 billion for FY 2021-22. India remits $ 8.320 billion in 2016…

Illegally Hoarding rice Staff Correspondent: : The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bail to Square Group’s Managing Director Anjan Chowdhury for six weeks in a case filed over illegally hoarding rice in its godown in Dinajpur.The bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order yesterday…

Staff Correspondent: Former Shipping Minister and workers’ leader Shajahan Khan has said the government is considering issuing cards through which garment workers can purchase essential commodities at lower prices.He spoke as the chief guest at a meeting of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) under the Ministry…

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…