Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Winter knocking in northern region
Panchaghar Correspondent: Ashwin is saying goodbye. The winter mood has started knocking on Karthik’s door. Panchagarh, the northern district of Bangladesh, has started to feel the chill of winter from night to morning. Dew drops on the tips of the grass. Feet feel cold to the touch.Sweet sunshine through the…
Read More »No work but bill paid
Department of Education and Engineering Syed Nasir Hossain: Complaints against the engineers of the Education Engineering Department (EED) for paying the bills of the contractors before the completion of the infrastructure construction work are increasing. Despite repeated warnings from the head office, the advance bill payment is not stopping.Complaints have…
Read More »Annual disaster loss for crop $12b
Industry Desk: Natural and man-made disasters have caused $380 billion in crop and livestock losses over the past 30 years. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported the information yesterday Friday.According to the FAO report, losses in food production each year from 1991 to 2021 due to floods,…
Read More »Made the country a hell: High Court
Court Correspondent: The High Court expressed its anger as the state opposed the bail hearing of human rights organization Odhikar Adilur Rahman Khan and director ASM Nasir Uddin. The court said, “He has made the country a hell.”Tuesday (October 10) Justice Md. Emdadul Haq Azad single bench commented this.Initially, senior…
Read More »BB inspection weakness increased defaults: IMF
Farhad Chowdhury: Even after giving special facilities, defaulted loans did not decrease. On the contrary, the amount of defaulted loans, the main problem of the banking sector, has increased. It is decreasing a little in one quarter and making a record again in the next quarter. The last quarter broke…
Read More »Ex-MP Poton again embezzles about Tk 1,000cr of fertilizer
ACC forms probe team, asks for documents Special Correspondent: The much-discussed Narsingdi-2 former Member of Parliament (MP) and owner of contracting company M/s Potton Traders Kamrul Ashraf Khan alias Potton has been accused of looting 184,071 tonnes of fertilizer. The financial value of which is about Tk 1,000 crore.The officially…
Read More »Bangladesh sees 169-yr highest tea production
Staff Correspondent: The country has the potential to produce a record amount of tea this year. Sufficient rainfall in the monsoon, tolerable temperature and the supervision of Bangladesh Tea Board have increased the production of tea to 59 lakh kg than last year. Not only that, it is expected to…
Read More »Bangladesh to place Tk 3 tr Delta Plan in IMF-WB meeting
World Bank-IMF meeting starts today Zarif Mahmud : In the last three years (2020-2023), the economic loss of the world, including Bangladesh, has reached $370 billion.This huge loss has been caused by the continuous shock of global crisis including Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war, recession.As a result, the pace of global growth…
Read More »Rice export may be stopped to meet food shortage
Mahfuja Mukul: Rice is not being produced as per the target in the country. As a result, there is a shortage of rice production compared to the demand. Import initiatives have been taken to fill this deficit, but due to various reasons, that too can’t be done. In the current…
Read More »Bangladesh to be int’l aviation hub soon: PM
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while partially inaugurating the newly constructed third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said that Bangladesh will be the hub of international air transport in the future. He said, “Bangladesh’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport or Cox’s Bazar International Airport will be the hub of…
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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 …
