Staff Correspondent: After the arrival of new potatoes in the market, the price fell to Tk 60 per kg within a few weeks. Now the price of potatoes has started to increase again. Potatoes are now…

Withdrawable bank deposit on downtrend

Status of money decreased significantly Zarif Mahmud: Although the total deposit inflow in the banking sector has slightly increased, the status of deposits as current or withdrawable at any time is now on the downward trend.…

Nine banks facing severe capital deficit

Staff Correspondent: The amount of capital deficit in the banking sector has increased significantly. In the last three months, the capital deficit of 14 banks increased by Tk 3,764 crore to Tk 37,508 crore. Nine out…

Japa worried about 16 out of 26 constituencies

Mahfuja Mukul: The Jatiya Party (JAPA), the main opposition party in the parliament, is not relieved after getting 26 seats in an agreement with the Awami League. Because, even though the Awami League left the seat,…

Tk 1,813 cr approved for 2-month’s expenditures

Staff Correspondent: At the last minute of the current government’s meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Procurement, the proposal to spend additional money on the project related to procurement and procurement of goods fell by the…

UN prepares to start pulling peacekeepers from DR Congo

Industry Desk: The UN Security Council is expected on Tuesday to accede to a demand from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and launch a gradual withdrawal of peacekeepers, starting later this month.The drawdown would come…

PM seeks enhanced bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Kosovo

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh and Kosovo can increase bilateral trade for mutual benefits.“There are a lot of opportunities to increase the volume of bilateral trade and Kosovo can be greatly benefitted…

40 banks in extreme liquidity crisis

Mahfuja Mukul: Withdrawal of money from the market by selling dollars, devaluation of money against the dollar and high inflation and the tendency of people to eat up their savings have led to a liquidity crisis…

Urban debt 210 pc higher than rural

People of towns over burdened with debt Farhad Chowdhury: A significant portion of the people of the country are now meeting their living expenses by taking loans. Due to the inflation caused by the epidemic Corona…

Tk 60,000 cr laundered under guise of exports

IMF suspects Staff Correspondent: The International Monetary Fund-IMF sees the big difference in the income coming to the country through the export of goods in the last financial year as a signal of capital laundering. Part…

Is net reserve$16 billion?

Mahfuz Emran: The dollar crisis that started in the country since the beginning of last year has not yet ended. That is why the central bank continues to sell dollars in the open market. Besides, the…