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Light engineering products to boost
export basketStaff Correspondent: As Bangladesh seeks to diversify its export basket the focus has been on engineering products and bicycles, which have high demand in international market.The government has taken several development projects aimed at developing the sectors to meet growing global demand, officials related to the sector said. Bangladesh already…
Read More »Bangladesh faces 30pc lacking of labour skills
Staff Correspondent: The country’s labor market has a huge skills gap between demand and supply, which stands at 30 percent lacking. However, this number is different depending on the sector. But compared to that there is no training system. In some cases, training is not up to standard or meets…
Read More »RAJUK official sentenced 5yrs
Court Correspondent: A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Assistant Authorisation Officer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Md Ali Azam Miah to five years in prison in a graft case by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 passed the orderyesterday.Miah was sentenced to five years (without…
Read More »Corporate firms behind recent egg price hike
Staff Correspondent: Egg merchants say higher rates set by corporate firms in the sector are partly to blame for the recent hike in the prices of the product, one of the main sources of protein in Bangladesh.The traders raised the issue in a meeting hosted by the Directorate of National…
Read More »Prohibited, but goes on
Hydraulic hornsNoise pollution takes serious turn Golam Mostafa Jibon: Despite the ban, the rampant use of hydraulic horns by different types of vehicles is going on in the capital that leads to noise pollution and causes serious health hazard.Ignoring the court directive, unscrupulous transport owners and workers are using illegal…
Read More »Tk 618 cr pocketed by Egg-chicken syndicate
Two week of artificial crisis Govt playing role as silent visitor Staff Correspondent: Leaders of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association have alleged that several companies associated with poultry sector looted an additional amount of Tk 618.50 crore by creating unrest in egg and chicken markets in last 15 days. The leaders…
Read More »Tea workers end strike after little wage hike
Daily wage rose to Tk 145 from Tk 120 Staff Correspondent: Tea plantation workers have returned to work after owners agreed to raise their daily wage to Tk 145 from Tk 120 amid protests.They ended a strike after 12 days over the wage dispute yesterday, according to Nripen Pal, acting…
Read More »Manipulation behind egg price hike
Staff Correspondent: Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection is conducting drives in the capital to control the hike in egg prices.The organization launched the drives at Kawran Bazar area yesterday morning.The prices of egg have been hiked by manipulating markets and Egg Traders Association is involved with this manipulation, according…
Read More »TCB to procure 125 lakh ltrs Soybean 5000 kg lentil from 7 suppliers
Cost of urea fertilizer decreasing in global market Staff Correspondent: Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will directly procure some 125 lakh litres (12.5 million litre) of soybean oil and 5000 kilogram of lentil from 7 local suppliers without following any competitive process.Cabinet committee on government purchase (CCGB) in a meeting, with…
Read More »Textile millers’ in triple trouble
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s primary textile millers are in a gloomy scenario due to the three-pronged situation – persisting low gas pressure, fuel price hike and deteriorating yarn price. Recently yarn prices have fallen 20% in the past three months due to dwindling demand from readymade garment (RMG) makers in the…
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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 …
