Work together for participatory polls
Diplomatic Missions Staff Correspondent: Diplomatic missions in Dhaka yesterday called on all stakeholders to exercise “restraint, eschew violence and work together” to create the conditions for free, fair, participatory, and peaceful elections.The Missions in a joint…
Read More »Govt fails to control commodity market!
Mahfuja Mukul: The price of goods is increasing by leaps and bounds. The government can’t control it in any way. Several times the government fixed the prices of various products, but the traders did not pay…
Read More »Bangladesh makes impressive progress in green dev: Mannan
Staff Correspondent: Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday said that Bangladesh has made some impressive progress in green development. “Bangladesh has made some impressive progress in green development. For example, our garments sector ranks among the world’s…
Read More »DU confers honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Bangabandhu
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as a token of respect, in a special convocation yesterday.Prime minister Sheikh Hasina joined the convocation as the convocation…
Read More »Bangladesh in risky cashless economy
Staff Correspondent: If you get a loan from a bank with a few clicks sitting at home, or you can deposit money while having tea at a tea shop. If you can withdraw money from the…
Read More »NBR fails to meet revenue collection targets in 3-month
Syed Nasir Hossain: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is failing to meet revenue collection targets. NBR could not achieve the target of revenue collection in the first quarter or three months of the current (2023-24)…
Read More »LC settlement reduced further
Staff Correspondent: Many traders are unable to open letters of credit (LC) on demand due to the dollar crisis. They are also facing various problems while settling the LC. Due to this, imports are decreasing. In…
Read More »Violence marks BNP’s daylong hartal, 3 killed
Staff Correspondent: At least three people died amid sporadic clashes, arson attacks and arrests marking the nationwide general strike on Sunday with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announcing fresh protest plans from October 31.The BNP enforced…
Read More »Indian ban on onion export heated Khatunganj market
Ctg Bureau: The news of increase in the export price of onion in India has created a sudden instability in the onion market in the country. In the wholesale market, the price of the onion increased…
Read More »Bangladesh exports medicines to 157countries
Staff Correspondent: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malek said that almost all types of medicines produced in Bangladesh are exported to 157 countries of the world including Europe and America.Health and Family Welfare Minister said…
Read More »Water-sanitation cost per family Tk 11,574
Staff Correspondent: The expenditure on water-sanitation per household (family) is Tk 11,574, which is 4.3 percent of the household’s annual income. This information was announced at the publication ceremony of Bangladesh National Wash Accounts 2023 at…
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