Bank MDs worried about dollar price
Selling Tk 127 in open market Mahfuz Emran: Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB) and Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (BAFEDA) held an emergency meeting with Central Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukdar on Thursday (November 9) to…
Read More »Salt importing despite record production
Mahfuja Mukul: In the last 62 years, there has been a record production of salt in the country. Even so, the Ministry of Industry is afraid of salt shortage due to the continuous increase in demand.…
Read More »Income of 25 insurance companies decreased
Staff Correspondent: Out of 42 non-life insurance companies listed in the stock market, 41 companies have published unaudited financial reports in the third quarter (July-September’23). Out of this, 25 companies saw their income decline. Revenues of…
Read More »BB to provide guarantee loans to small women entrepreneurs
Special Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has further extended the scope of guaranteeing collateral-free loans at low interest rates to cottage, micro, small, medium and women entrepreneurs. Henceforth, the central bank will guarantee against loans of cottage, micro,…
Read More »PM to open Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail line today
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will flag off the much awaited 102-kilometre Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail line today, bridging up the country’s tourist hub with the port city through the railway connectivity as well.She will unveil…
Read More »US surgeons perform world’s first whole eye transplant
Industry Desk: A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn’t yet known whether the man…
Read More »94 pc restaurants’ water contains faecal bacteria
May cause of life-threatening diseases Zarif Mahmud: Water is the essential element of life. But drinking contaminated water can cause people to suffer from various diseases and even death. A study by the Public Health Institute…
Read More »Agriculture sector hits hard for blockade
Staff Correspondent: Aman paddy harvesting season is going on now. Rice is being harvested and threshed simultaneously across the country. But due to the blockade, there are no buyers of rice in the market. The golden…
Read More »No Bangladeshi varsity in list of top 100 in Asia
Industry Desk: There is no university in Bangladesh in the list of top 100 universities in Asian University Ranking 2024 by Quack Quarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based education and research organization. The position of Dhaka University…
Read More »Bangladesh highest in sovereign guaranteed loan among 46 LDCs
Syed Nasir Hossain: Bangladesh’s foreign debt is increasing day by day. The amount of this loan has increased rapidly in the last few years. In this, the ratio of gross domestic product (GDP) is increasing rapidly.…
Read More »UN rights chief urges BD to consider Khaleda’s release
Industry Desk: The UN rights chief Volker Turk has urged Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for urgent medical treatment outside the country.Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…
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