Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: The price of potatoes is increasing. In the last one month, the price of vegetable food products in the market of the capital has increased by Tk 10 per kg. Retail traders claim that the price of potatoes has increased at the freezer gate. This has affected the…

Ayub Ali, Ctg: The central bus terminal at the entrance to the tourist town of Cox’s Bazar. From there, the four-lane road of Kalatali tourism zone passes through the mountains. On both sides of the road are densely forested hills. Those hills are full of half-built buildings and huts.This precarious…

Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Monday said Indians living in Bangladesh took away 50.60 million dollars to their country in the first ten months of the running 2023-24 financial year.At the same time, foreigners took a total of 130.58 million dollars to their respective countries, said…

Total default loan now Tk 4,39,687 cr Zarif Mahmud: According to the data of Bangladesh Bank, the amount of time expired loans at the end of March this year stood at Tk 2 lakh 57 thousand 392 crores. If not regularized through repayment or rescheduling, this loan will soon be…

Reserves far below target Staff Correspondent: Dollar crisis has been going on in the country for a long time. Various initiatives are not solving this problem. Central bank is selling a lot of dollars in the market to meet the import liability. As a result, Bangladesh is not able to…

Dues of Petrobangla-BPC Mahfuz Emran: The revenue due to the two institutions is about Tk 54 thousand crores. This money is not being collected for years. Although the meeting and decision to collect dues did not see the light of day. The two organisations are the state-owned Bangladesh Oil, Gas…

Main cause of dollar crisis Mahfuz Emran: Shamsul Alam, the former Minister of State for Planning, said that $7 to $8 billion or Tk 81,000 to Tk 92 thousand crore are smuggled out of the country every year. He said that the dollar crisis started from money laundering. Hence steps…

Staff Correspondent: Dragon fruit, once an exotic import from Central and South America, is now widely available in local shops across Bangladesh. Once a luxury for the upper class due to its high price, dragon fruit has become affordable for middle and even lower-class consumers thanks to local cultivation.Today, around…

Special Correspondent: Approximately 6,558 families are living in precarious conditions across 26 hills in Chattogram. Of these hills, 16 are owned by various government agencies, and 10 are privately owned. Illegal electricity and water connections have been established in these areas, contributing to annual fatalities during the rainy season, yet…

Zarif Mahmud: Bangladesh will enter the list of developing countries from least developed countries (LDC) in 2026. After transitioning to a developing country, the benefits that Bangladesh has been getting so far in business will be limited. In this, the country’s export sector will face new challenges. Preparations should be…