Bangladesh
Bangladesh
60pc people exposed to high flood risk
Staff Correspondent: Nearly 60% of Bangladesh’s population is exposed to high flood risk, according to a new report.The report published yesterday by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics also mentioned that around 45% are exposed to high fluvial flood risk, the…
Read More »Dhaka wants to discuss stability trade investment
Hasina-Xi Talks in Jo’burg Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh wants to discuss the importance of regional peace and stability, enhanced trade and investment and loan issues with the Chinese President in Johannesburg, South Africa in any prospective meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chiense President Xi Jinping.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul…
Read More »Wave of development by borrowing money
Foreign debt increased 409 pc in 16 yrs Special Correspondent: The government has implemented a good number of development programmes including a number of mega projects. This has created huge fame at home and abroad but the development works have been conducted by borrowing money from abroad. These mega development…
Read More »Rooppur NPP project will sink Bangladesh
Suppliers’ credit to create big burden Mahfuja Mukul: We are still interested in taking ‘soft loans’ from international lenders like the World Bank, IMF and Asian Development Bank, but the majority of our foreign loans are now suppliers’ credit.Disadvantages of suppliers’ credit are that suppliers increase the amount of credit…
Read More »Tk 20,000 cr smuggled by illegal MLM company
Millions of youth being cheated Mahfuz Emran with Zarif Mahmud: Millions of youths of the country have once again been involved in the fraud of MLM companies. Illegal online gambling crypto trading MLM company MTFE has suddenly shut down.It is believed that at least Tk 20,000 crores of cryptocurrencies have…
Read More »Foreign debt repay means increased pressure on reserve
A Commentator: The election year is coming ahead. It has been alleged that the government is trying to manage the situation by printing extra money. The impact of the corona epidemic is still raging. The effects of war are everywhere. Instability is increasing in the domestic market of Bangladesh. At…
Read More »Tk 200 cr looted by20 brokers from Padma Bridge
Madaripur DC send list to ACC Farhad Chowdhury: A list of 20 brokers has been prepared from the Madaripur district administration. Accused brokers are accused of stealing Tk 200 crores of from the government through fake documents from various projects of Padma Bridge.The administration has already sent the list to…
Read More »BD taka devaluing inflation increasing
Staff Correspondent: The prices of all products including imports in the country are increasing day by day. The value of money is decreasing. Inflation rate is increasing. Low- and middle-income people are facing major financial crisis in the existing situation. Expenditure cannot be met with foreign exchange earnings. The cost…
Read More »Prices hiked due to reduce import
Mahfuja Mukul: Unsettled buyers at the abnormal high prices of almost all products in the market. Along with daily commodities like ginger, garlic, spices, the prices of other consumer goods are running rampant. Traders are mainly blaming the dollar crisis and the problem of opening LCs. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine war…
Read More »Trains likely to run on Padma Bridge later September
Trial run on Dhaka-Bhanga railway line early next month Rafiqul Islam Azad: The train is likely to run on the Padma Bridge later in September this year, connecting the capital city of Dhaka to the Bhanga train station in Faridpur. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the Padma…
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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 …
