Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Qurbani Eid at the tip of the nose. Many people are getting busy to buy cattle, for next Monday’s Qurbani Eid. And housewives think about one of the accessories of Qurbani, Masala. Apart from this, they are urging the householders with onion, garlic, ginger.Even if you don’t buy…

Oil price not adjusting with world market Mahfuz Emran: Crude oil prices are falling in the global market. The average price of crude oil in the market last month was $81.40 cents per barrel. And in the international market, the price of US market standard West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was…

Zarif Mahmud: Bangladesh has reached the second position after surpassing China in freshwater fish production. A report by The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture reveals the grade.Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman gave this information in a press conference at the Secretariat on Thursday (June 13).He said, since the…

Staff Correspondent: The sale of sacrificial animals started in city’s 20 cattle markets including two permanent haats as just five days have left for Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslim Ummah, officials said.Two city corporations’ sources said eight temporary haats have been set up apart from Gabtali…

1,375 involved in gold smuggling Staff Correspondent: Illegal gold comes from Dubai, Malaysia and Singapore. 90 percent of that gold is smuggled into India through the border areas of seven districts. Over 1,375 people are involved in this trafficking. Some of them are businessmen, some patrons, some carriers. The Ministry…

3rd largest labor market opening In the first phase, Oman will take skilled workers from Bangladesh in 12 categories Rabiul Haque: It is known that currently there are 96 thousand illegal Bangladeshis in Oman. The country has also started the process of validating them. According to the rules, every worker…

Says Ahsan H. Mansoor Staff Correspondent: Policy Research Institute (PRI) executive director and prominent economist Ahsan H. Mansoor said that the actual non-performing loans of the country’s banking sector are more than the published accounts.Basically, Bangladesh Bank has to write off various categories of loans including foreclosure while complying with…

Mahfuz Emran: Government expenditure in the subsidy sector has been increasing in the budget for several years. However, very little of this subsidy goes to agriculture or other productive sectors. Instead, every year a large part of the subsidy goes to the power sector. Because the government’s losses in this…

Staff Correspondent: The government has so far estimated the losses caused by cyclone Remal at Tk 7000 crore, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief MdMohibur Rahman on Wednesday.The overall damage report of the cyclone will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, he said while…