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32 countries allow BD passport holders to enter by obtaining a visa on arrival
BD passport currently ranked as 182, with score of 37.50 Industry Desk: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the world’s most powerful passport, according to a report by the Nomad Passport Ranking Index 2023. The passport ranking was made on the grounds of travel, taxation, dual citizenship, perception…
Read More »30 countries now ready to accept BRICS currency
Industry Desk: A growing number of countries are showing interest to join the BRICS alliance and accept the new currency. BRICS could soon become BRICS+ as the South African ambassador, Anil Sooklal hinted that the alliance could expand this year.The decision to allow other countries to join the bloc could…
Read More »India’s cotton exports to hit 18-year low as output drops
International Desk: India’s cotton exports are set to fall to their lowest level in 18 years in 2022/23 as production lagged behind domestic consumption for the second straight year, a leading trade body said yesterday.Lower exports from the world’s biggest producer could support global prices CTc1. It could also lift…
Read More »Foreign investment increasing in BD
Staff Correspondent: Foreign investors are active in the stock market. Foreign investors’ transactions have doubled in April compared to last March.It is known that the total turnover of foreign investors in the stock market last March was Tk 87.51 crore. It increased to Tk 182 crores in April. In other…
Read More »PM interacts with Charles at Commonwealth Leaders’ Event
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London.The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall.In the event, Sheikh Hasina had Interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth at the…
Read More »World leaders gather in London for King Charles’ coronation
International Desk: King Charles will hold a reception yesterday for world leaders gathered in London for his coronation this weekend, the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years.Charles, 74, and his wife Camilla will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey in a glittering but solemn religious…
Read More »World food prices rise for first time in a year
International Desk: The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose in April for the first time is a year, but is still some 20% up on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most…
Read More »Taka weakens further against US dollar
BB sells $ at Tk 104.5 Staff Correspondent: The Bangladeshi taka yesterday weakened further against the US dollar as the Bangladesh Bank started selling the American greenback to banks at Tk 104.5. The move is aimed at adjusting the exchange rates gradually in line with the market demand and supply,…
Read More »Bangladesh’s total labor force is 7.36 crore: BBS
Staff Correspondent: At present, the total labor force in the country is 7 crore 36 lakh 90 thousand people, which is almost half of the total population (16 crores 98 lahks). Males constitute 48.25 percent and females 25.44 percent of this labor force. This information was given by the Bangladesh…
Read More »Historic May Day today
Staff Correspondent: The historic May Day will be observed today in the country and elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner.The day is being observed across the globe since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for eight-hour working day and…
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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 …
