Staff Correspondent: The government has taken the initiative of strict monitoring to control the abnormal price increase of onion. District administrators have been given the responsibility of market maintenance in the district. Also, the officers of…

Syndicate sucked Tk 500 cr by hiking onion prices

Supply is more than demand Staff Correspondent: By creating a kind of artificial crisis of onion, more than Tk 500 crore are being looted from the pockets of consumers daily. The syndicate is still manipulating the…

Burnt foreheads of small depositors

Staff Correspondent: Market-based interest rates have burned the foreheads of small and public-private sector workers. Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn the provision to protect small depositors from inflation. As a result, henceforth the interest rate will be…

Govt borrowed Tk 31,274 cr from banks in 5-month

Farhad Chowdhury: Due to non-availability of loans from the central bank in the current financial year, the tendency of the government to take loans from commercial banks has increased. In the first five months (July 1…

Loan guarantee in power sector exceeds Tk 50,000 cr

Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is unable to pay the dues of government power plants due to the price of electricity. Government power companies have fallen into a cash crunch. Institutions have to pay…

Bangladeshi RMG factory grabs no 1 spot in global green factories ranking

Staff Correspondent: Bangladeshi RMG factory SM Sourcing at Konabari in Gazipur has claimed the number one spot in the global Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Factory rankings with a score of 106 out…

Pol commitment needed for environment-friendly solid waste mgmt

Speakers at a view exchange meeting Staff Correspondent: Civil society representatives at a view exchange meeting on Wednesday underlined the need for political commitment to ensure environmentally friendly solid waste management. They placed recommendations to ensure…

Real exports $12 b less than EPB info: BB

Mahfuz Emran: In the last fiscal year 2022-23, Bangladesh exported goods worth more than $55 billion to the world market. This information was mentioned in the statistics published by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) last August.…

BD raises voice to create $100 b climate fund

Staff Correspondent: In addition to combating climate change, Bangladesh has called on developed countries to create a pledged fund of $100 billion for the affected countries. It is also proposed to strengthen the Green Climate Fund…

Immediate climate funding needed: PM

Staff Correspondent: As the climate crisis mirrors the unpredictable and fast-flowing waters of the Padma River, the response to this emergency remains sluggish, particularly in the realms of mitigation, finance, and adaptation.This observation comes from Prime…

Industry sector collapsing for high production costs

Zarif Mahmud: One of the driving forces of public life is the skyrocketing price of electricity and gas. A large part of the country’s economy is controlled by these two affiliates. With this, the import of…