Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Dhaka losing its green
Farhad Chowdhury: Panthkunj Park,a piece of green life at Karwan Bazar, Panthpath, Banglamotor junction, the busiest area of the capital. Even a few years ago there were rows of trees. In the morning, the park was crowded with exercise-morning walks and chats in the afternoon. The weary traveler rested. The…
Read More »Half of river Padma abolished in 40-yr
Impact of Farakka dam Mahfuja Mukul: The Padma has turned into a desert in the Bangladesh part due to the impact of the Farakka Dam, which caused the increase in the navigability of Kolkata port. The river has lost its navigability, its volume has decreased by about 50 percent. River…
Read More »Leverage national consensus to sign basin-based water treaties
Staff Correspondent: Speakers at a discussion meeting on Saturday recalled the Farakka Long March organised by Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a leader of toiling masses of Bangladesh, and expressed their deep respect for him. On May 16, 1976, Moulana Bhasani organised this long march, 6 months before his death…
Read More »Traffic dept forces Laguna to set up looking glass
Kamal Hossain Khan: The traffic departments are working under the leadership of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman to keep the traffic jam in megacity Dhaka at a tolerable level and to make the traffic of the city residents smooth and comfortable. The Traffic Wari Department is working under the…
Read More »Interest rate and dollar crisis will hurt consumers
Mahfuja Mukul: In the future, the price of the dollar and the interest rate on loans will increase. Along with this, import costs and production costs of products will increase. As a result, the price of the product will also increase.Entrepreneurs are worried about this. Meanwhile, as the price of…
Read More »How a country runs with ‘zero’ reserves
Enayet Karim: Foreign exchange reserves refer to the reserves of foreign currency assets held by a country’s central bank. The foreign currency collected in this way is mainly used to pay foreign loans, loan interest and import liabilities. For a developing country, central bank reserves are very important for imports…
Read More »10 big projects ending in next financial year
ADP to be approved today Farhad Chowdhury: The project titled ‘Purbachal New Town (Yusufganj)’ has been going on for 30 years. The period could not be completed even after repeated extensions. Finally, the project is coming to an end. It has been decided to complete the project in the next…
Read More »Main challenge of dealing impacts of climate change
Staff Correspondent: Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a well-known face in the country’s politics. Also, a successful sports organizer. In the 12th national election, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from Dhaka-9 Constituency and got the responsibility of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He spoke on various issues…
Read More »India may face US sanctions!
Asifiqbal Thakoor from Delhi: India has taken over the management of Iran’s Chabahar port for the next 10 years. An agreement in this regard was signed by New Delhi and Tehran on Monday (May 13) which was not taken well by the United States. In this incident, Washington issued a…
Read More »Petrobangla struggles to meet gas demand
Mohiuddin Farazi: Petrobanglahas increased gas supply by extracting and importing from domestic sources. But the country’s industrial plants, residential and power sectors are suffering due to the increase in demand than supply.One-third of capacity power plants are sitting idle due to lack of gas, disrupting industrial production. Petrobangla has taken…
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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 …
