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Biden takes selfie with PM Hasina
Staff Correspondent: US President Joe Biden has taken a selfie with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G20 summit being held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India .Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders…
Read More »Foreign Ministry becomes ineffective
Most missions involved in corruption Rabiul Haque: Nigeria has ordered almost all of its ambassadors to return home after a long observation. The announcement was made to ensure world-class service delivery from Nigeria’s diplomatic missions abroad, but the reason behind it is the ongoing corruption, trade and harassment of diplomatic…
Read More »LPG price in Bangladesh highest in South Asia
Rafiqul Islam Azad: The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Bangladesh is now the highest among South Asian countries, following an increase at the consumer level recently. On September 3, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) increased the price of LPG by Tk 144 per 12 kg at the…
Read More »Bangladesh’s fuel oil capacity increasing
Mahfuja Mukul: The amount of oil stored in the country can meet the needs of the entire country for up to 45 days. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) said that this capacity is increasing for another five days. At the same time, new pipelines are being added for fuel transportation. If…
Read More »Why remittance flow decreasing?
Farhad Chowdhury: Although most of the important indicators of the economy are down, the remittance flow sent by expatriates has been relatively dynamic. Bangladesh Bank has given worrying information about this remittance flow. Remittances sent by expatriates in August were the lowest in six months. The central bank says that…
Read More »Rampant dollar crisis
Syndicates taking advantage Mahfuz Emran: There is an acute shortage of cash dollars everywhere. Same is the case with advance or LC dollars. Commercial banks do not accept dollars in the form of cash or drafts. Many banks can’t even provide dollars to pay off credit or debit card debt.There…
Read More »Taka weakening against major foreign currencies
Rafiqul Islam Azad: The value of Taka has fallen a record decline against the dollar this year, as well as against the world’s major currencies. The rate of these currencies especiallythe European Union Euro, British Pound Sterling, Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen and the Indian Rupeeis increasing against the Bangladeshi currency.The…
Read More »Germany provides €191m for sustainable dev of Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent: Two bilateral agreements on Development Cooperation were signed yesterday between Bangladesh and Germany following up on the commitments of the last government negotiations December 2022.The total volume of the agreements is 191 million euro (about Taka 2215 crore) of which 55 million euro will be available as Technical…
Read More »12 kg LPG price goes up by Tk 144 in Sept
Staff Correspondent: Price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has increased further to Tk 107.01 per kg for the month of September from Tk 94.96 in August and now the retail customers will have to pay an additional Tk 12 per kg.Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the new price, saying…
Read More »Dhaka Elevated Expressway opens to traffic
Staff Correspondent: A number of vehicles were seen taking the 11.5 km Airport-Farmgate stretch of Dhaka Elevated Expressway as it was opened to traffic at 6 am yesterday.It takes about 10 minutes for a vehicle to reach Farmgate from Kawla with a speed up to 60 km per hour.Prime Minister…
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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 …
