Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Politicians complicated Malaysian labour market
Asif Munir: Recently, a very complicated situation has arisen regarding the export of manpower in Malaysia. An international newspaper reported that Malaysia’s labor market is closed for foreign workers from June 1. As a result, recruiting agencies have tried to send large numbers of workers to the country as a…
Read More »Poor expect indication of price control in budget
Staff Correspondent: Due to the increase in the price of daily necessities, the lower classes including day laborers, rickshaw pullers are now struggling to bring bread and salt. In this situation, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali is going to present a budget of around Tk 8 lakh crore in…
Read More »Annual loss of postal dept stood at Tk 700 cr
Land and vehicles can go to pvt sector Mahfuja Mukul: State Minister for Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that the Bangladesh Postal Department is making a loss of Tk 700 crore every year.He said this at a discussion meeting on ‘expansion of e-commerce services of postal…
Read More »Load shedding increased due to intense heat
Staff Correspondent: Due to intense heat across the country, the demand for electricity has increased. But due to non-production accordingly, the load shedding has increased significantly. The power department has to do load shedding of around 400MW to 850 MW per day. Load shedding is more at midnight. Around 700…
Read More »IFIC Bank ex-MD Sarwar helped 2 cos to launder Tk 10 b
In name of importing capital machinery Staff Correspondent: Top management of IFIC Bank headed by its immediate past Managing Director Shah Alam Sarwar and some board members has patronized many customers to launder money in the name of export, import and project finance. The board of the bank has allowed…
Read More »Power capacity charge becomes thorn in neck!
Zarif Mahmud: Power Development Board (PDB) has to pay capacity charges regularly for private sector power plants. Although licenses are given on the condition that 80 to 85 percent capacity will be used, these centers are running at an average of 35 to 40 percent. The capacity charge has to…
Read More »Teesta barrage to be secret agenda in Beijing talk
Foreign Secy level meeting Rabiul Haque: There is an invisible tension between China and India over the Teesta Barrage project in Bangladesh. China wants to finance here. But India has always objected to various indications. Recently they have shown interest in financing themselves. In this situation, doubts have arisen whether…
Read More »Budget must reduce inflationary pressure
Says Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam Staff Correspondent: Prominent economist and former advisor to the caretaker government AB Mirza Azizul Islam said that the national budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25 is coming at a time when the country’s economy is plunged into many crises. Macro economy is under…
Read More »CAAB shows method of saving passengers from fire incident
Staff Correspondent: A drill was held at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on how quickly control and evacuate passengers safely if an aircraft catches fire. The exercise was held recently as part of the exercise that is instructed to be conducted every two years under the guidance of the International Civil…
Read More »Vigorous campaign of traffic in Motijheel to evict street hawkers
Staff Correspondent: As hawkers occupy a large portion of inadequate roads in Dhaka mega city, public life has come to a standstill, and thousands of working hours have been wasted with a very negative impact on traffic and public movement. Previously, the Motijheel Traffic Department has evicted hawkers from many…
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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 …
