Textile millers against saleof illegally imported yarn
Industry Desk: Local textile millers demanded taking necessary steps against selling illegally imported yarn, clothes and dress material in the market.In this regard, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) sent a letter –signed by its President Mohammad…
Read More »No new projects in ADP for FY2023
Zarif Mahmud: Completion of ongoing projects on time without taking up new projects, discouragement of taking up less important projects except nationally important projects.Nationally important projects, fast track projects and mega projects including foreign aided projects…
Read More »High growth election budget coming ahead
Farhad Chowdhury: According to the Finance Department, inflation will not come down much in the coming financial year. As a result, the main challenge is inflation control. And there will be two major pressures on the…
Read More »Interest expenditure to be increased in budget
Arun Sarker: It is estimated that more than Tk 22 thousand crore will be spent in the interest expenditure sector in the budget of the next financial year 2023-2024 compared to the current financial year 2022-2023.…
Read More »South Korea to finance forKamalapur-N’ganj project
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh embarked upon the era of metro rail service with technical and financial support from Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is financing the MRT Line-6 project from Uttara to Kamalapur. The country…
Read More »Bangladesh braces fora week of heatwave
Staff Correspondent: The summer is still five days away according to the Bengali calendar but a mild-to-moderate heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka and most other regions of the country.With no rain forecast, the odds of the…
Read More »Anti-dengue drive tocontinue throughoutyear: LGRD Minister
Staff Correspondent: Anti-dengue drive will be conducted round the year, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam.“We have decided to conduct drive to control dengue till December. The authorities have divided the…
Read More »Country’s total population stands at 16,98,28,911
Staff Correspondent: The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE),…
Read More »RAJUK to appoint 3rdparty for supervisingnew building making
Now Rajuk has 230 inspectors Mahfuz Emran: The Capital Development Authority (RAJUK) wants to appoint a third party to assess the infrastructure of the buildings constructed in the capital Dhaka and supervise the works of the…
Read More »Petrobangla to end foreign cos’ monopoly in pre-paid gas metering
Industry Desk: Petrobangla has initiated a move to bring an end to the existing monopoly of a particular foreign company in its pre-paid gas metering system.“We’ve already received the government’s policy approval to allow battery-run pre-paid…
Read More »Govt slashes sugar prices by Tk 3 per kg
Staff Correspondent: The government has reduced the price of sugar by Tk 3 per KG.As per the fresh price, the refined loose sugar will be sold at Tk 104 per KG while the packaged sugar will…
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