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Online gambling sites sucking crores of taka
Youths getting addicted Golam Mostafa Jibon: It is not casino, but also gambling through online. With the expansion of technology, gambling has become more accessible through online compared to the access in people’s daily necessities. Now,someoneno needs to go to a fancy casino for gambling. Online based casinos are now…
Read More »Hasina visits British HC to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth
Diplomatic Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterdaypaid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II by placing wreath in front of her portrait at the British High Commission here.The premier signed the condolence book that opened at the British High Commission following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September.PM’s Deputy Press…
Read More »ADB to enhance environmental protection in Silk Road region
Diplomatic Correspondent: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $197 million loan to enhance ecological resilience and diversification of rural livelihoods in the Silk Road region of China.Environmental degradation and weak ecological resilience are key concerns in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces in the Silk Road region of the…
Read More »BD is our biggest trade partner: Modi
Industry Desk: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has said that Bangladesh is our biggest development and trade partner.The Indian Prime Minister came up with the remark while addressing a joint-press conference with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of bilateral talks in New Delhi yesterday.Narendra Modi said trade…
Read More »BD to import rice from Vietnam and India
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is finalising deals with Vietnam and India to import a total of 330,000 tonnes of rice as it races to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter.Soaring prices of the staple grain for the country’s 165 million people pose a…
Read More »BD set to import 500,000 tons of wheat from Russia
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is set import 500,000 tonnes of wheat at $430 a tonne from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies amid surging prices, two government officials with the direct knowledge of matter said yesterday.The south Asian country, among importers hit by disruption to Ukrainian…
Read More »Bangladesh can’t bear load of Rohingyas: IOM
Staff Correspondent: Although Bangladesh has generously hosted Rohingya refugees for the last five years, one country cannot and should not bear this responsibility alone, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM) yesterday.The IOM has called on the international community to take urgent action to ensure long-term development and sustainable humanitarian…
Read More »WB to give $1500 cr for 55 projects
Staff Correspondent: The World Bank will give 1500 crore US dollars to Bangladesh as loan to implement 55 projects. Its amount in Bangladeshi currency is about 1 lakh 38 thousand crores (92 taka per dollar).Mercy Tembon, the World Bank’s outgoing country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, said this at the…
Read More »RMG exports to USA growing fast
Situation improves over 50 pc Industry Desk: Country’s RMG exports to the United States in January-May of 2022 grew by 59.06 per cent to $4.11 billion from $2.56 billion in the same period of 2021, according to the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel data.After the Covid…
Read More »Rohingyas must go back to Myanmar
PM to UN rights Chief Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country’s over one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh. “The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back,” the prime…
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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 …
