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25 major bridges killed life of rivers
Zarif Mahmud : The main 25 bridges of Bangladesh have killed the lifeline of rivers. There are five more major bridges have planned to build shortly. These will turn the country into a deserted island in next 20 years, fear experts.The size and course of main river including Padma, Jamuna,…
Read More »Playing with Dr Yunus
What does law say Nasiruddin Ahmed : Chairman of Grameen Bank Board of Directors AKM Saiful Majid has nominated three directors in Grameen Telecom and two in Grameen Kalyan from Grameen Bank on February 12 by virtue of the 155th meeting of Grameen Bank Board of Directors. Apart from this,…
Read More »Final GDP growth rate fell to 5.78pc
Staff Correspondent : The gross domestic product (GDP) growth target for 2022-23 was set at seven and a half percent. Although it was shown as 6.03 percent provisionally last May. However, the final GDP growth rate could not be maintained. Finally, it stands at 5.78 percent. This information came out…
Read More »Dollar and gas crisis hit hard fertilizer
Farhad Chowdhury : There is a dollar crisis in the country for two long years. still running Besides, severe gas crisis has occurred in recent times across the country. Which is much improved now. All in all, on the one hand, the dollar crisis has created uncertainty in the import…
Read More »Default loans increased by 6.5 times in 15-year
Mahfuz Emran : The amount of bad loans in the banking sector has taken a terrible shape. In 2022, this loan was Tk 106,982 crores. In 2023, it stands at Tk 126,782 crores. In other words, the bad debt increased by Tk 19,800 crores in one year. This information has…
Read More »Dollar sales from reserve doesn’t stop crisis in bank
BB sold $9 b in current FY Expendable reserves $15.87 b Nasiruddin Ahmed: There is an intensifying dollar-crisis in the country. The central bank is not getting any success in taking steps to resolve this crisis. But to keep the supply of daily commodities normal, the sale of dollars has…
Read More »NBR disapproves of tax exemption in offshore banking
Zarif Mahmud: No direct or indirect tax shall be levied on the interest or profit earned by banks through offshore banking business. Besides, there will be no tax or duty on the income earned by the depositors. The government is going to enact the ‘Offshore Banking Act’ for the first…
Read More »Pure drinking water yet not ensured
Dhaka Wasa not increasing water price soon: Wasa DMD Staff Correspondent: The authority has failed to ensure pure drinking water for the city dwellers, despite taking different initiatives wasting huge amount of money. In a situation, the Wasa is trying to hike water price.Dhaka Wasa DMD Uttam Kumar Roy, Deputy…
Read More »More than 6,000 abandoned houses are in Dhaka city: Minister
Staff Correspondent: There are more than 6,000 abandoned houses in Dhaka city, said Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury in Parliament on Wednesday.“There are 6,372 abandoned houses in the capital city,” he said, replying to a question from independent lawmaker Muhammad Saiful Islam (Dhaka-19).According to data placed…
Read More »Gas crisis not ending even after imports
Staff Correspondent : Due to lack of adequate infrastructure for transportation and disposal of own and imported gas, supply cannot be normalized even by increasing imports. The current shortfall is more than double the capacity to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from terminals to the national grid. However, the energy…
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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 …
