Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Migration expenses increased by 80pc
Zarif Mahmud: A record number of Bangladeshis are going abroad for various reasons including immigration, travel, medical treatment. Again, the price of airline tickets has increased by more than half. In all, Bangladeshis spent 80 percent more on foreign travel in the fiscal year 2022-23 than the previous fiscal year.…
Read More »Annual average income now stood at Tk 91,368
Staff Correspondent: The average annual income of Bangladeshi people has stood at Tk 91,368. Earlier in 2016, the income was Tk 47,280. The income has increase by 93.24 percent in 7 years.The average monthly income of a person in the country is Tk 7,614. This income has almost doubled in…
Read More »SoBs in shaky financial situation after 52 years
Syed Nasir Hossain: The country’s state-owned banks are still involved in various irregularities. These institutions of the state are being destroyed by giving anonymous loans through forgery. After 52 years of financial scandals and gross mismanagement, the state-owned banks are now in a shaky financial situation.At the end of September…
Read More »US could because of Arab Spring in BD
Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, made the first complaint on Nov 23 Rabiul Haque: Russia has expressed fear that the United States may try to cause incidents like the Arab Spring in Bangladesh after the elections. In a statement on Friday, the Russian…
Read More »Economic reforms to be strengthened after polls
Farhad Chowdhury: Despite various challenges, Bangladesh has met most of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) conditions for the second tranche loan. However, it could not meet the very important targets of foreign exchange reserve conservation and tax collection. In this case, the multinational lender has waived off about $690 million…
Read More »President consents to deployment army on polls duty
Staff Correspondent: President Mohammed Shahabuddin yesterday gave consent to deploy military personnel to help ensure free, fair and peaceful Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls.“The president consented to deploy members of armed forces division (AFD) for holding next polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner. . . The military personnel will…
Read More »Hasina calls for resisting killers
Staff Correspondent: Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her call to the countrymen to resist the arson terrorists and killers, saying that hearts of people cannot be won through arson terrorism and killing.“It’s not possible to win the hearts of people through arson terrorism and…
Read More »President gives ‘in principle’ approval to EC’s request for army deployment
A preliminary plan for military deployment from Dec 29 to Jan 10 has been devised, focusing on the upcoming election scheduled for Jan 7 President Mohammed Shahabuddin has approved ‘in-principle’ the Election Commission’s request for the deployment of the army during the 12th parliamentary election. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul…
Read More »Aman production may exceed target
Zarif Mahmud: The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing about 1 crore 72 lakh tonnes of rice in the current Amon season. Meanwhile, 75 percent of the cultivated paddy has been harvested this season. A regular report of DA has claimed that Aman will miss…
Read More »Temporary relief inreserves but hardtime coming ahead
Staff CorrespondentTemporary relief has returned to the country’s foreign exchange reserves. But in the short to medium term, discomfort remains. Bangladesh is getting a loan of 1.31 billion dollars from several other multinational organizations including the second tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. In this, the net reserve…
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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 …
