71 ponds in Dhaka filled up in 5 years
Says Fire Service Staff Correspondent: According to the fire service, there were 100 ponds in the capital Dhaka in 2018. This number has decreased to 29 in 2023.So, in the last five years, 71 ponds have…
Read More »Record Boro output expected in country
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is set to see an increase of 1 million tonnes of rice compared to the previous year, thanks to a good harvest and increased acreage in the current boro season.This achievement comes despite…
Read More »Biman decides to purchase2 cargo planes from Airbus
Staff Correspondent: The board of Biman Bangladesh has decided to purchase two freighter A350 as proposed by the Airbus.The decision came at the board meeting held on Tuesday, confirmed Mahbub Ali, state minister of Civil Aviation…
Read More »High-risky 20 Dhaka markets yet to break
A case has been filed in the high court so that most of the risky markets are not broken Zarif Mahmud: At least 20 markets owned by the two city corporations of Dhaka are on the…
Read More »PM offers SEZ for US businessmen
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the US business community to invest largely in Bangladesh’s renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile and pharmaceuticals sectors, reiterating her offer of a dedicated ‘special economic zone’ (SEZ) solely…
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…
Read More »Private sector credit flow consistently decreasing
Mahfuja Mukul: The monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2022-23 has set a target of 14.10 percent of credit growth in the private sector till next June. However, in the first nine months of the…
Read More »Inflation decreases to 9.24pc in April
Industry Desk: The overall inflation in Bangladesh stood at 9.24% in April, which was 9.33% in March, highest in the last eight months.The latest inflation data was released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics yesterday. Earlier…
Read More »Income-expenditure gap of city and village increasing
Mahfuja Mukul: The gap between urban and rural income and expenditure has widened in the last five years. Earlier, the difference in household income between urban and rural areas was Tk 8,000, but now it has…
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…
Read More »President seeks India’s more effective steps to solve Rohingya crisis
Staff Correspondent: President Mohammed Shahabuddin yesterday urged India to take “more effective” steps to ensure a safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar.He came up with the…
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