Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the government officials to ensure services for the people, saying Bangladesh became independent to change their fate.“You (officials) should always keep in mind that people are never deprived of getting services because the independence of the country has been attained for changing…

Mahfuz Emran: According to the Fire Service and Civil Defense Department, 4,236 people have died in 4,791 naval accidents in the country in the last seven years. Two thousand 614 people were injured. According to the departmental statistics, the highest number of naval accidents and deaths are in Dhaka division…

Chaos, gridlock now regular phenomenon Golam Mostafa Jibon : Most of the residential areas of the capital are now being used as commercial areas violating the directive of the authorities concerned. As a result, concern has created over the security of those areas as well as chaos and traffic gridlocks…

Staff Correspondent: The overhead cables will go underground in the country’s major cities for modernising the electricity supply system, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told parliament yesterday.“Plans have been taken to move the electricity cable lines underground in the large cities and metropolitan areas of…

Staff Correspondent: Consumers in different areas have been experiencing shortage or low pressure in gas supply following a technical fault in supply process of the gas from Bibiyana field in Sylhet.According to a Chevron statement, the operator of the Bibiyana gas field, two process trains in Bibiyana Gas Plant are…

Rabiul Haque: On the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the traditional Iftar Bazaar of Chawkbazar in old Dhaka is jammed. However, in the beginning, the traders were obstructed by the police for setting up an iftar market without permission, but the traders set up shop ignoring it.…

BSFIC highest loss incurring govt organisation Zarif Mahmud: The state-owned sugar mills have been at a loss for a long time. Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) has taken various plans including replacement, repair, production of diversified products and establishment of refineries to overcome the losses. But due to…

Staff Correspondent: People usually use white sugar in making sweets. We can’t go without tea and coffee if we don’t have sugar. About 98% of the sugar used in the country is refined white sugar. Sugarcane red sugar is produced only in state-owned sugar mills. According to the demand which…

Bangladesh 4th largest sugar importer Mahfuja Mukul: As per the government, the annual demand of sugar in Bangladesh is 16 lakh tons. However, sugar refining companies and traders think that the demand is much higher. The country has imported more than 22 lakh tonnes of sugar on an average in…

Staff Correspondent: There are 15 state-owned sugar mills in the country. Most of these mills under the control of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) are pre-independence. As it gets older, efficiency decreases. Production is being disrupted. Various initiatives have been taken at different times to increase the production…