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Bangladesh becomes 4th largest
remittance source for IndiaOver 1.0 m Indians working illegally in BD Special Correspondent: Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance in last year and targets $26 billion for FY 2021-22. India remits $ 8.320 billion in 2016…
Read More »First Hajj flight with 415 pilgrims
Staff Correspondent : The first Hajj flight of the year is starting on Sunday. On this day, 415 pilgrims will be going to Saudi Arabia on the first flight at 9 am. Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ BG-3001 will operate the first flight for government-management Hajj pilgrims.This information has been obtained from…
Read More »South Asian economies in deep crisis to failure
Enayet Karim from New Delhi:The South Asian economies have been facing huge shortfall of targets as the Covid-19 pandemic-hit economy faces war ton of Russia and Ukraine. Pakistan PM Imran Khan has to quit chair due to some extra benefit from Russia during the war crisis and embargo imposed by…
Read More »More than 1 million people displaced in Myanmar: UN
International Desk: Post-coup violence has pushed the number of displaced people in Myanmar to more than one million for the first time, the United Nations said, warning of “dire” conditions as the monsoon approaches and fighting rages.Almost 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since the toppling of…
Read More »Pakistan raises cooking oil prices to Rs605 per litre
International Desk: The Pakistan government on Tuesday shocked consumers by pushing up ghee and cooking oil rates by an unprecedented Rs208 and Rs213 to an all-time high of Rs555 per kg and Rs605 per litre, respectively, even though “these rates still do not exist in the retail markets.”An official in…
Read More »BD seeks duty waiving in Indian power import
Industry Desk: Bangladesh has again sought waiver of all kinds of customs duties (CDs), duties and Value Added Tax (VAT) onthe import of electricity from India as the latter is yet to respond.It would also want exemption of all financial implicationsdue to political events and changes in law in India.Dhaka…
Read More »Gold smuggling goes on unabated
Smugglers taking advantage of baggage rules Golam Mostafa Jibon: A powerful syndicate is smuggling gold to the neighboring countries including India after bringing from abroad taking the advantage of baggage rules. As a result, the government is being deprived of earning huge amount revenue. On the other hand, the gold…
Read More »Russia offers to sell oil to Bangladesh
Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh is reviewing a Russian proposal to sell crude oil to the South Asian nation, according to State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.The United States, Britain and some other key oil buyers banned imports of Russian oil shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. The…
Read More »Global labor market recovery goes into reverse: ILO
International Desk: Multiple global crises are causing a marked deterioration in the global labour market recovery, said a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO).The 9th edition of the ILO Monitor on the World of Work published yesterday, found that after significant gains during the last quarter of 2021,…
Read More »100 m people forcibly displaced worldwide
International Desk: The Ukraine war and other conflicts pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution over the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.“One hundred million is a stark figure —…
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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 …
