Bangladesh

Per km construction cost 11.45 km Ctg Port Bay-Terminal road Zarif Mahmud : The Directorate of Roads and High Ways has taken the initiative to construct an 11.45 km long road from Chittagong Port’s Bay-Terminal to Fakirhat in the city. The agency has already sent a Development Project Proposal (DPP)…

Staff Correspondent : The Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement has approved four proposals of the Ministry of Shipping, including one for the purchase of various facilities and equipment under the Matarbari Port Development Project and three proposals for Brahmaputra river dredging. The total cost will be Tk 1,039.03 crore.This approval…

Staff Correspondent : To increase revenue collection, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested the introduction of online filing of income tax returns by large companies from the middle of this year. The agency has recommended the abolition of the existing tax exemption provisions through the National Board of Revenue…

Staff Correspondent : There is a child’s play about fixing the prices of 29 products of the Department of Agriculture Marketing. Nowhere in the country, including the capital, has the effect of determining ‘reasonable prices’. On the contrary, the prices of all products have increased. There is no ‘judicial power’…

Hili Correspondent : The price of potato has increased again in Hili of Dinajpur. The price of potato in the wholesale market increased by Tk 5-6 per kg during the week. Traders are blaming the downward supply. They say that the import of potatoes from India continues. But local farmers…

Industry Desk : Forced labour in the private economy generates US$236 billion in illegal profits per year, a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found.The total amount of illegal profits from forced labour has risen by US$64 billion (37 per cent) since 2014, a dramatic increase that…

Mahfuja Mukul : In the financial year 2022-23, the government has spent Tk 26,803 crores in the payment of principal and interest on foreign loans. The estimate of the economic relations department of the government is that in the next financial year (2024-25) the expenditure will be Tk 57 thousand…

Presidentof Global Economist Forum (GEF), a United Nations general member organization and Editor of Daily Industry Dr Enayet Karim yesterday called on Planning Minister Major General Abdus Salam, recd, psc (retd), MP (left) and State Minister for Planning Md. Shahiduzzaman Sarker, MP at the Planning Commission, Dhaka.While Advisors of GEF…

Mahfuz Emran : The minimum and reasonable price of agricultural produce is determined by the Directorate of Agriculture Marketing. With that power, this organization of the government has recently fixed the prices of a total of 29 daily products including fish and meat, dates, various vegetables. However, the officials of…

Special Correspondent: Alhaj Azizul Haque Mollick (Aziz Mollick), a prominent politician and social worker of Shariatpur, breathed his last at Asgar Ali Hospital in Dhaka at around 1:30 PM on Tuesday (Inna Lillahi WaInna Ilaihi Rajeun). Earlier, he was admitted to the hospital 5-6 days ago with old age ailments.…