Bangladesh
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World-wide food crisis imminent
UN predicts famine Special Correspondent: The global food system is weakened by the Corona epidemic. The main reason for this is the consistently strict restrictions in the country. The war between Russia and Ukraine began when the world was engaged in economic recovery. Which has further intensified the food crisis.…
Read More »Accomplices under scanner of ACC
PK Haldar’s scam– Many on the run Golam Mostafa Jibon: The accomplices, who assisted Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder to siphoning and plundering over Tk 10,000 crore, are now under scanner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Some of them are now on the run to avert arrest or legal action.…
Read More »100pc gas demand could
meet up from own sourcesForeign cos hinder processing Mahfuz Emran: As dependence on foreign gas companies for increasing demand increases, so does the country’s tendency to import liquefied natural gas (LNG). Domestic companies are largely behind in the race to increase production from their own gas fields.Only 25 years ago, the entire production of…
Read More »PM for well-coordinated efforts to overcome crises
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for strengthening global solidarity and adopting a well-coordinated response against the food, energy and financial crises resulting from Russia-Ukraine war and Covid-19 pandemic, placing four proposals to tackle the situation.“The war in Ukraine comes at a time when the world is still…
Read More »Syndicates and stockiest getting
exemption by passing lawMahfuja Mukul: Traders create instability in the commodity market at different times. Artificial crises are created, various manipulations are done including illegally charging high prices. Ordinary people fall into misery due to their actions. In that case, even if the government takes action against unscrupulous traders, the law is not…
Read More »Gold price at historic high of Tk 82,000 per Bhori
Staff Correspondent: Gold prices have risen in the domestic market due to the rise in the value of the US dollar and other currencies in the international market. The new price has been fixed at Tk 4,199 to fill the price of 22 carat gold. As a result, the price…
Read More »Filippo Grandi call for Rohingya refugees support
Staff Correspondent: Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a five-day visit to discuss the needs of the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Grandi last visited Bangladesh in March 2019.Grandi will meet with representatives of the government of Bangladesh to discuss the…
Read More »16 groups behind price hike of rice
People suffer immensely Golam Mostafa Jibon : As the people of the country are facing immense suffering due to unbridled price hike of several essential commodities including Soybean oil, right then the price hike of rice has added additional misery to the poor and middle-class people.At least 16 groups and…
Read More »Share price of ceramic cos not relevant with earnings
Staff Correspondent: Shinepukur Ceramic is currently the most talked about company in the stock market. The company’s share price has doubled in less than a month. On April 17, the share price of this ceramic company was Tk 25. From there, the share price rose to Tk 48.90 per share…
Read More »Field agents active to sell leaked questions: Agencies
DSHE question leak Staff Correspondent: A cashier and book-centre staffer of two government colleges in Dhaka have worked as field agents to find examinees who would purchase the leaked questions of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education’s (DSHE) recruitment test.Detectives claimed to have received the information after analysing communication details…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
