Tourism

Forest area reduced by one 3rd Staff Correspondent: Your Sundarbans is like a mother. This forest is called the oxygen reservoir of Bangladesh. But due to various reasons, including encroachment, river erosion and climate change, the forest area is now reduced to one third. That’s why experts say that everyone…

Staff Correspndent: The hilly district of Rangamati is a promising destination for tourism. Tourists flock here throughout the year to enjoy the natural beauty. Although tourism has immense potential, many people think that the development of the tourism industry is being disrupted due to the lack of specific government plans…

Tk 29 crore already misused Mahfuz Emran: The Bangladesh Tourism Board took the initiative of formulating a master plan three years ago for the development of the country’s tourism sector. But till today the institution could not finalize the master plan. But they are spending Tk 29 crore to plan.If…

Staff Correspondent: After 10 years of planning and construction, the door of the “CCDB Climate Centre” at Sreepur in Gazipur has been opened. The Christian Commissio n for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) inaugurated its Climate Centre on 1st October 2022, which is the first of its nature in Bangladesh. It…

Industry Desk: International Tiger Day or World Tiger Day celebrated yesterday to make people aware of the dangers and problems faced by tigers around the globe.The cutting down of trees which causes loss of habitat, illegal trading and hunting are some of the prime factors behind the declining population of…

Panchagarh Correspondent: Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) Chairman Major General Md Ashraful Islam has said the government is working relentlessly for development of the emerging tea industry in Panchagarh region. “An initiative has been taken to set up a tea auction center in Panchagarh subject to the development of required infrastructures,”…

Enayet Karim back from Malta: In 2022, real GDP growth is forecast to reach at 6% against 4.9% target, which is higher than projected in spring, given the expected stronger gains in the services sector, although tampered by the negative impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Growth in 2022 is…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh and Russia are exploring ways to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector.A webinar titled “New horizons for Bangladesh-Russia Tourism Relationship through new dimensions of tourism cooperation with Murmansk Region” was held Saturday.The event was organised by the Committee on Tourism of Murmansk with the support of the…

Mahfuz Emran: The price of jet fuel used in aircraft was Tk 46 per liter two years ago. Now the price per liter of the same fuel is set by the government at Tk 130. In this way, the price of jet fuel has increased by about 183 percent in…