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Water-sanitation cost per family Tk 11,574
Staff Correspondent: The expenditure on water-sanitation per household (family) is Tk 11,574, which is 4.3 percent of the household’s annual income. This information was announced at the publication ceremony of Bangladesh National Wash Accounts 2023 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city on Sunday (October 29).Minister of Planning MA…
Read More »Chittagong to beinvestment hub
Industry Desk: The first road and tunnel under the river in South Asia ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel’. Businessmen see the construction of this road as a very timely initiative to connect the communication system on both sides of Karnaphuli river. They think that if all the strategic issues are…
Read More »Bangladesh never able to implement 100pc budget
86 pc implementation in FY 2023 Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh never been able to implement 100 percent of the proposed budget. Even last fiscal year highest 86 percent budget has been implemented.In continuation of the past, it was not possible to implement the revised budget in the last financial year as…
Read More »Increase investment to tackle challenge: IMF
Staff Correspondent: Keeping in mind the economic challenges of the next 50 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested increasing investment in two sectors. One of these is the strong fundamentals of the economy i.e. deflation, safeguarding financial stability and transformational reforms.The other is to increase funding for development…
Read More »Israel wants to shutdown Al Jazeera
Industry Desk: Israeli Information Minister Shalom Karhi has demanded the closure of the local bureau office of Al Jazeera News, a Qatar-based media outlet, for allegedly supporting Hamas, the political group that controls the Gaza Strip. This information was given in a report of Israel’s wireless media, Army Radio, on…
Read More »Bangladesh economy is on right track: IMF
Industry Desk: Mentioning various measures of the government to address macroeconomic challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that Bangladesh economy is on the right track.“I think, the economy is on right track in terms of meeting the objective of programme, getting inflation under control and addressing macroeconomic challenges…
Read More »BD sees highest number of dengue deaths
Staff Correspondent: The highest number of people have been affected by dengue in Brazil this year. Bangladesh recorded the highest number of deaths due to dengue, and the death rate in Bangladesh is also the highest in the world.This information was revealed in dengue data from international organisations such as…
Read More »Disasters cause $3.8 tr in crop loses over 30 years: FAO
Industry Desk: Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock loses over 30 years, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday.Floods, droughts, insect infestations, storms, disease and war have caused about $123 billion per year in lost food production between 1991 and 2021, the…
Read More »Record Tk 296 cr per km cost of road construction
Chittagong port connecting road Mahfuz Emran: A project has been undertaken for the development of communication and transport system with Chittagong port. In the proposed project, 11.45 km road will be constructed. It has estimated the cost of Tk 295.81 crore per kilometer, which is the highest in the history…
Read More »NID info of people under threat
Smartcard info available in telegram channel! Mahfuja Mukul: Smart National Identity Card (NID) information of people of Bangladesh is available in a Telegram channel. All the personal information of a person comes out by giving NID number and date of birth.In the same way that certain government and private organizations…
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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 …
