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Policy support instrumental for renewable energy development: Experts
Staff Correspondent: Speakers at a webinar have urged the government to set the renewable energy as a priority sector to scale up its use saying that policy support is instrumental for its development.“There’re huge potentials for renewable energy, especially solar power, for different sectors, including irrigation, and motor vehicle recharging,”…
Read More »Owners, workers declare shutdown of bus-truck plying today
Protest of fuel price hike Staff Correspondent: Owners and workers have announced the shutdown of running buses and trucks across the country from today morning in protest of rising fuel prices.Khandaker Enayet Ullah, secretary general of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association, told reporters yesterday afternoon.He said the BRTA “proposed…
Read More »Pangs of low-income earners
Price hike of TCB goods, fuel oils Golam Mostafa Jibon: Continuous price hike of essential commodities including TCB (Trading Corporation of Baladesh) goods has caused of pangs to the poor and low income group of people even after huge stocks.In the meantime, the price hike of fuel oils has become…
Read More »Country’s economy in dilemma
Price hike of fuel in the world market Golam Mostafa Jibon: Country’s economy is now facing dilemma over the price hike of fuel oil in the world market.Experts said, if the prices of fuel oil in the country are adjusted with the global market, the prices of all commodities and…
Read More »World must share responsibly of climate migrants: Hasina
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the world has to share the responsibility of climate migrants and address the issue of losses and damages caused by climate change.“Without ambitious mitigation efforts, only adaptation measures are not enough to slow, stop and reverse the adverse impacts of climate change,”…
Read More »Jail killing day observed with due respect
Staff Correspondent: Cross section of people observed the Jail Killing Day with due respect and paid glowing tributes to four national leaders and 1971 Liberation War forerunners — Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain M Mamnsur Ali and AHM Quamaruzzaman — recalling their gruesome killing inside high security Dhaka Central…
Read More »Covid Economic Recovery
AIIB to provide $250m Industry Desk: Bangladesh will receive $250 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to implement a government program for the country’s sustainable economic recovery from Covid-19 fallouts.ERD Secretary Fatima Yasmin and AIIB’s vice president, investment operations (Region-1) DJ Pandian signed the loan agreement virtually on…
Read More »Market capitalization decreased by Tk 22,000cr in October
Staff Correspondent: The country’s stock market witnessed backlash last month. As a result, the market capitalization decreased by Tk 22,019 crore. At the same time, all the price indexes and transactions also decreased.This information has been revealed after the transaction review.According to the data, in the last month of September,…
Read More »Tea export sees the ray
Golam Mostafa Jibon : Despite the corona pandemic, country’s tea producers and exporters have now started to see the ray of hope as its export has increased nowadays compared to the previous period with the rising of demand and production.Sources said, the demand for tea is increasing day by day…
Read More »Jail Killing Day today
Staff Correspondent: The Jail Killing Day will be observed today as it is the second disgraceful incident in the country after the brutal murder of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15 in 1975. On November 3 in 1975, four national leaders…
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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 …
