Now rice market overheating
Mahfuz Emran: After being stable for several months, the main food grain rice has come up in the price hike list. A sack (50 kg) has increased up to Tk 300 in the space of a…
Read More »Action if foreign envoys don’t stop their activities around elections
Threats Shahriar Alam Diplomatic Correspondent: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said that the government is dissatisfied with the activities of foreign ambassadors around the upcoming 12th National Parliament elections. He indicated to take necessary…
Read More »Volatility is a major challenge to control
Farhad Chowdhury: The BNP-Jamaat has been giving strict programs one after the other for the last two weeks, demanding the downfall of the ruling Awami League government and fair and impartial elections under a non-partisan neutral…
Read More »Denim exports need to double by 2030 to achieve US$ 100b: Speakers
Staff Correspondent: Speakers at the inaugural ceremony of the 15th Bangladesh Denim Expo said Bangladesh needs to double its denim exports to achieve the US$100 billion export target by 2030 that was fixed by the Bangladesh…
Read More »DAE’s false publicity behind potato price hike
Farhad Chowdhury: The government’s Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said that potato production in the country was about 24 lakh tonnes more than the domestic demand last season. Still, a class of businessmen continue to increase…
Read More »Peter D. Haas holds closed door meet in gwith Saber Chowdhury
Staff Correspondent: US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter D. Haas held a meeting with Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Environment and Climate Affairs and Member of Parliament for Dhaka-9 Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday.The meeting was held for…
Read More »BB doesn’t give loan to govt in 2-month
No new notes printed Zarif Mahmud: Bangladesh Bank issued loan to the government by printing a record amount of new money through development measures last financial year without responding to the advice given by the country’s…
Read More »Tk 2,000cr remain idle in DC offices
In different accounts of LA branch Staff Correspondent: A quarter of the ‘ancillary sector’ worth more than Tk2,000 crore in land acquisition is lying idle due to lack of expenditure policies. For 43 long years (1977-2020)…
Read More »Dhaka Tobacco dodges over Tk 11,000 cr VAT
Saleh Ahmed Hussain: Tobacco is injurious to health. Still, the government does not ban tobacco considering the revenue. Day after day multinational companies are making billions of taka in profit. Despite earning huge profits, the country’s…
Read More »PM performs Umrah in Makkah
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, performed the holy Umrah in Makkah Monday morning.The Prime Minister along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana performed the Umrah and…
Read More »Mathews out by strange rule, first time in cricket history
Timed out Sports Correspondent: Shakib Al Hasan was bowling the 25th over of the innings. Sri Lankan batsman Sadira Samarawickrama was dismissed on the second ball of his over. The Lankan batsman went back to 41…
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