Bangladesh borrowed double than Pak-India
New loan ends for interest payment Zarif Mahmud: According to a 2022 World Bank report, Bangladesh borrows more than India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. According to the report, in the 10 years between 2011 and 2021,…
Read More »About Tk 39,000 cr foreign debt increased in a year
Mahfuaja Mukul: Foreign debt in the country has increased by $3.49 billion in the last one year. In the sum of Tk 38,940 crores. In June last year (2022), the total foreign debt position was $9,545…
Read More »NBR starts vigilance in markets shopping malls
Drive to hunt new taxpayers Mahfuz Emran: The per capita income of the people of the country has increased. Once upon a time, the rich used to rush to the city market to shop. The most…
Read More »NBR facing another stumbling block in revenue collection
Syed Nasir Hossain: National Board of Revenue (NBR) stumbles again in revenue collection. In the first 4 months (July-October) of the current fiscal year 2023-24, the revenue collection is less than the target by about Tk…
Read More »Bangladesh becomes leader of green industry
204 green factories in Bangladesh Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has strengthened its position as a world leader in ‘green’ i.e. environment-friendly garment factories. Last November, a ready-made garment factory and an accessories manufacturing factory in the country…
Read More »November remittance stood at Tk21,181cr
Staff Correspondent: At the end of the recent month of November, $1.93 billion of remittances came to the country. In Bangladesh currency (one dollar is equal to Tk 109.75) which is Tk 21,181.75 crore.This information has…
Read More »Bangladesh emerges as ahome of 2.5m millionaires
Zarif Mahmud: The number of millionaires in the country is increasing by leaps and bounds despite the covid-19 pandemic, global recession and internal turmoil in the country. At the end of June of the current calendar…
Read More »How Bangladesh will be affected by new US labor policy?
Farhad Chowdhury: Recently, a letter sent to the Ministry of Commerce from the Bangladesh Mission in the United States came up for discussion. The letter warned the government of possible US sanctions on labor issues and…
Read More »Fertilizer worth Tk581cr embezzled by ex-MP Poton
ACC reluctant to arrest accused Staff Correspondent: ACC is taking time to arrest former MP Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton despite a case in the fertilizer embezzlement case of Tk 581 crore. This contractor has been embezzling…
Read More »Bangladesh sets record in manpower export
12.04 lakh workers have gone abroad from Bangladesh till November 29 this year. Last year this number was 11.35 lakh Rabiul Haque: Bangladesh has achieved a major milestone in the export of manpower. As of November…
Read More »PM receives Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award
Staff Correspondent: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday handed over the ‘Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award’ to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.“Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud handed over the Asia Climate Mobility…
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