Education lightening remote mountains
Bihari Chakma, Rangamati: High and low hills all around. A bamboo house hangs over him. Severe fresh water shortage. Electricity is a problem. Herbal treatmentis the hope in sickness and adversity. The way of travel is…
Read More »Travelers’ life becoming miserable for offload seal
Special Correspondent: Habibur Rahman, astudent of a college in Uttara. Although Bangladeshi by birth, his original residence is in the North-24 Parganas of Kolkata. His maternal grandfather’s family members live there. Recently got a long vacation…
Read More »Why pressure of paying foreign debt increasing?
Farhad Chowdhury: Worries about repaying foreign debt are increasing. The repayment amount has doubled in a span of one year. And the amount of interest payment is more than double. This pressure to repay the foreign…
Read More »Foreign debt increasing due to taka devaluation
Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh’s foreign debt has been increasing rapidly for the past few years. However, the growth rate has come down a lot in the last financial year. On the other hand, the local currency has…
Read More »New foreign investment not coming in Bangladesh
Mahfuaj Mukul: Bangladesh Bank publishes the statistics and dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows based on the financial survey of foreign institutions investing in Bangladesh using banking channels. In this case, the central bank calculates…
Read More »4,500 new investors come to stock market
Staff Correspondent: More than 4,500 new investors came to the stock market in November this year. Due to which the Beneficiary Owners (BO) account has increased in the month under discussion. This information is known from…
Read More »Mega project dreams come to reality in BD
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar rail service was started on November 30. Earlier, the tunnel under the river Karnaphuli was launched. Before the start of the tunnel, the Metrorail is clearly visible to Dhaka residents. And the…
Read More »Gas reserves may finish in 3 years
Only 32pc reserves remain Mahfuz Emran: The recoverable gas reserves are gradually decreasing in the country. In addition to the gas fields owned by domestic companies, the reserves of the multinational corporation Chevron are also gradually…
Read More »Revenue deficit stood over Tk 19,209 cr
Staff Correspondent: The revenue target was not achieved in the first four months (July-October) of the current fiscal year 2023-24. At this time the deficit amount is Tk 19,209 crores. The revenue target for four months…
Read More »More engineers than doctors in country
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) survey revealed the country’s fragile health care system. In the publication entitled Census 2022, the organization has shown that the number of doctors and dentists in the country is…
Read More »Banks fight for dollar with high remittance rate
Staff Correspondent: The escalating price of the dollar was pushed down Tk 0.75 in two rounds in 10 days, but did not bring the expected respite from the dollar crisis. Banks are receiving remittances at a…
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