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Gold price at historic high of Tk 82,000 per Bhori
Staff Correspondent: Gold prices have risen in the domestic market due to the rise in the value of the US dollar and other currencies in the international market. The new price has been fixed at Tk 4,199 to fill the price of 22 carat gold. As a result, the price…
Read More »Wheat from alternative sources still uncertain
Price shooting up in market Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh is looking for ways to import wheat from other countries in view of the imposition of ban on Indian exports. However, the traders think that the task is not very easy.They say that not only Bangladesh but also other wheat importing countries…
Read More »RMG export earns $35.36 b in Jul-Apr
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) export for the July- April period of FY 2021-22 earned $35.36 billion, according to recently released Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. During the first ten months of FY 2021-22, RMG export recorded 35.98% growth compared to the same period of the previous year.In the…
Read More »South Asia faces serious forex crisis
_ BD reserve down to $ 41b_ Sri Lanka, Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis_ Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan & Maldives in red zone Enayet Karim: Foreign exchange reserves play an increasingly important role in linking emerging markets and developed economies. But six out of 8 South Asian nations at the moment is…
Read More »Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected UAE president
International Desk: The UAE’s long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president yesterday, official media said, a day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa.Sheikh Mohamed was elected by the Federal Supreme Council, WAM news agencysaid, after years of calling the shots from…
Read More »Lankan PM Rajapaksa resigns
International Desk: Following the anti-government protests across the island nation, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reportedly resigned yesterday(May 9) amid the worst economic crisis in the country.This comes a day after a special meeting after President Gotbaya Rajapaksa requested Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down as a solution to the…
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UN officials keen to deploy more peacekeepers from BD
Staff Correspondent: United Nations officials have expressed interest in deploying more peacekeepers from Bangladesh in bilateral meetings with Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed at UN Headquarters (UNHQs) in New York.The Bangladesh army chief had meetings with senior officials of the UN on various issues of mutual…
Read More »Coral reefs survival at stake: Unesco
Staff Correspondent: The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless more is done to make them resilient to warming oceans, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).Unesco is behind an emergency bid to protect these natural marine wonders, 29…
Read More »Biden sees stronger BD-US ties in future
Diplomatic Correspondent: US President Joe Biden has expressed his optimism that Dhaka-Washington partnership would flourish in the next 50 years and beyond. In a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said Bangladeshis and Americans alike share the ideals of democracy, equality, and respect for human rights those are 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 …
