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95pc buses run by CNG
Raising fare to be illogical Golam Mostafa Jibon: Though, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) finally permitted to raise the bus fare on the face of transport workers and owners’ pressure, raising fare of 95 percent buses in the capital will be illogical as those run by CNG, experts claimed.According…
Read More »Export goods of Tk3,000cr stuck at Chattogram port
RMG exports at high risk Ayub Ali from Ctg: Export commodities worth over Tk3,000 crore remain stuck at the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) of Chattogram port as the nationwide transport strike, enforced by transporters against fuel price hike, has disrupted goods delivery for the third consecutive day.No export product entered…
Read More »Transport strike ends with 27pc fare hike
Staff Correspondent: The authorities have agreed to increase the fares charged by the operators of diesel-run buses by about 27 percent starting from today amid a transport strike that created nationwide chaos.City buses will now charge Tk 2.15 per kilometre, a 26.47 percent increase from the old price of Tk…
Read More »Legal arms but illegal use …!
UP polls being polluted Special Correspondent: The use of legal arms has increased in different illegal activities across the country especially centering the Union Parishad elections scheduled to be held at different places by rotation.From influential politicians to top businessmen, contractors, terrorists, extortionists, various classes of people are using legally…
Read More »Transport strike continues
Launch owners start from todayConsumers face price hikeDiscussion with minister fails Mahfuja Mukul: The transport owners and workers associations have decided to continue the ongoing country-wide transport strike until the additional fuel price is withdrawn. Transport owners in port city have halted the strike but the vessel owners’ association yesterday…
Read More »PM monitoring situation over fuel price hike: Quader
Staff Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterdaysaid Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is monitoring the situation evolving in the country following the fuel price hike.Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remarks at a briefing at his official residence in the morning.“The government has re-fixed the…
Read More »Transport strike badly hits exports
Sudden closure of trucks, cargo and covered-vans have created big obstacle Golam Mostafa Jibon : The indefinite transport strike that going on across the country including the capital protesting to the rising of fuel oil prices, has caused of hampering the export activities besides the public sufferings. It may take…
Read More »Hasina for changing traditional lens of BD-UK relations
At 50, Bangladesh still an unfolding story, she says Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said time has come to change the traditional lens of Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations.“Indeed, it’s time for a ‘reset’ in Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations. We need to change the traditional lens we use to view our…
Read More »Rebased GDP increases per capita income by almost 16pc
Per capita income now $2554 with new base year as 2015-16 Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s per capita income has increased to $2554 (USD) from $2227, a jump of nearly 16 percent, thanks to a new base year for calculating the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).The government recently finalized 2015-16 as the…
Read More »‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ to be implemented in 2030: Saima
Industry Desk: ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ which has been presented at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will be implemented in 2030 and it needs local and foreign funds.Saima Wazed Hossain Putul, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neuro Developmental Disorders and World…
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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 …
