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Both BNP, AL shifts their grand rallies to Friday
Tense situation continues Special Correspondent: The major opposition BNP has finally shifted its grand rally to Friday because to resolve difference with police about the venues. In that case the BNP will hold the rally either in front of the party central office at Naya Paltan or at Suhrawardy Udyan.On…
Read More »Suicidal power purchase deal may be ruined PDB
Mahfuja Mukul: Three major gas based power plants are scheduled to be commissioned this year in the country. Summit Power, Unique and Reliance Group are constructing the plants with a capacity of about 2,000 MW. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) entered into a purchase agreement in 2019 to buy electricity…
Read More »Bangladesh exports Tk 4790cr fish in ‘22
Zarif Mahmud: Despite the financial recession in the world market, the country’s income from exporting 69.88 thousand metric tons of fish and fish products in the financial year 2022-23 has been Tk 4,790.33 crore. According to the latest information of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bangladesh…
Read More »Cabinet Secy urges for careful project scrutiny
Staff Correspondent: No instructions regarding the election or field administration were issued in the meeting, says Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain has advised secretaries and project directors to be more careful in project selection and financing as well as monitoring the direction of global trade and investment.He said: “We need…
Read More »Tk 148 cr smuggled to Dubai under guise of garment export
Ayub Ali, Chittagong: Exporting companies are laundering money under the guise of exporting ready-made garments. The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has found the truth of such smuggling of Tk 148 crore in the last two years. Complaint against 19 organizations. All the money was laundered to Dubai, United…
Read More »Forex reserves dipping with new IMF formula
Staff Correspondent: The country’s forex reserves slipped further amid the implementation of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) balance of payments and investment position manual.On July 19, the gross international reserves (GIR) fell to $23.45 billion, central bank data showed.The central bank began publishing the GIR in line with the manual…
Read More »Bangladesh in risk of AI freelancing
Syed Nasir Hossain: BD Multitech is a Bangladeshi company doing freelancing for four companies in Canada, UK, Hong Kong and Slovakia. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a boon for the indigenous organization. AI technology has made many tasks of the organization easier. Reduced time and effort in work. There is also…
Read More »Record in rice production buffer stock but price high
Mahfuz Emran: There has been a bumper production of rice in the country in the last few seasons. In the last (2022-23) financial year, rice production crossed the all-time record. Government warehouses also have record amount of food stock, import situation is also satisfactory. Bangladesh is somewhat relieved about the…
Read More »Bangladesh entering anew era of oil release
Tk 8,00 cr will save, time to be reduced to 48-hrs AKM Belal Uddin, Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh is about to enter a new era of crude oil extraction. Crude oil will now be brought to Maheshkhali through pipelines, no longer in lighterage vessels from the deep sea. Later it…
Read More »PM off to Italy to attend UN Food Summit
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday left here for Rome, Italy on a three-day official visit to attend UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment. A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and her entourage members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 05:05am, PM’s…
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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 …
