Bangladesh

Says Law Minister Staff Correspondent: Khaleda Zia, who has been hospitalised multiple times in recent months due to her deteriorating health, was released from jail on 25 March 2020.There is no legal provision allowing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to be sent abroad for medical treatment, Law Minister AnisulHuq said yesterday.“As…

Staff Correspondent: General Waker-Uz-Zaman officially assumed office as the Army Chief of Bangladesh on Sunday.His tenure as Army chief will last for the next three years, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).General Waker-Uz-Zaman succeeds General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, who served as the 17th chief of Army staff from…

Mahfuja Mukul: Government’s dependence on debt to meet development and operational expenditure is increasing. The government has planned to borrow more than Tk 2.5 lakh crore from domestic and foreign sources to meet the deficit expenditure in the proposed budget for the next financial year.The country’s economy has various external…

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the countrymen to make a “Green Bangladesh” by planting trees in large numbers.“We have to plant trees as much as we can across the country to make a “Green Bangladesh,” she said while inaugurating the three-month…

Zarif Mahmud: Eid al-Adha is just one day later. Around this Eid, the spice market has been disrupted for about two and a half months. Selling at extra cost.The situation is such that the buyer has to spend a maximum of Tk 4,200 to buy one kg of cardamom, which…

Staff Correspondent: All preparations have been completed to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, on Thursday across the country with due solemnity and religious fervor.Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zil Hajj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this…

Industry Desk: More than 1.5 million Muslims braved extreme heat to reach Mount Arafat on Saturday, marking the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims prayed for hours, especially for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, reports agencies.Clad in white, worshippers began arriving at dawn for the most grueling day of…

Staff Correspondent: Almost all ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have successfully paid salaries and Eid-ul-Adha bonuses to their workers, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).In a press statement released yesterday, the BGMEA announced that a total of 2,160 RMG factories are currently operational in the…

Farhad Chowdhry: The price of consumer goods has increased by 310 percent in the last five years in the country, which has increased by more than 800 percent during last 15 years.“My salary has at least doubled in the last fifteen years. This should make my day better. But no,…

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Staff Correspondent: Former governor of Bangladesh Bank and eminent economist Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed said that there is no initiative to catch willful defaulters in the budget. However, I expected the finance minister to say in his budget speech, “No more concessions will be given to defaulters.”They will…