10,000 not interested for promotion Zarif Mahmud: After 15 years, promotion has opened in government primary schools. Assistant teachers are taking charge of the post of head teacher. A quarter of 5,000 teachers have been promoted…

Economy stagnates for high record debt

Industry Desk: Record borrowing, high interest rates, climate change, spending on health and pensions, and geopolitical instability have destabilized the global economy. The borrowing rate has also increased at the government level. Economists fear, thus the…

Foreign investment outflows increased more than inflows

2022-23 fiscal year Mahfuz Emran: Despite the ongoing dollar crisis in the country, foreign investment (FDI) could not give good news. The total FDI in 2022-23 is less than 40 percent compared to the previous fiscal…

Sadargh at crying for passengers

10 routes already closed Mahfuz Emran: Old Dhaka’s Sadarghat is no longer what it used to be. But the area around Sadarghat was busy with the shouting of porters and the pushing of launch passengers. It…

BRICS bank to finance Tk 4500cr to Titas gas

Mohiuddin Farazi: BRICS bank NDB (New Development Bank) will finance the replacement of dilapidated gas pipelines in the capital Dhaka. The bank has agreed to provide a loan of Tk 4,500 crore for the Tk 9,000…

USA and China biggest investors in Bangladesh

Zarif Mahmud: Despite cheap labor and easy availability of raw materials, Bangladesh is not getting as much foreign investment as expected. Even 52 years after independence, the foreign investment (FDI) stock in Bangladesh is below $22…

BD invests Tk 45,000cr in agriculture

Staff Correspondent: The Minister of Agriculture Dr Abdur Razzaqsaid that more than Tk 45,000 crores have been invested in the agriculture sector. The minister said this at the session after the inauguration of the ‘Investment Conference’…

Bangladesh never able to implement 100pc budget

86 pc implementation in FY 2023 Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh never been able to implement 100 percent of the proposed budget. Even last fiscal year highest 86 percent budget has been implemented.In continuation of the past, it…

Only a train daily spending Tk1714cr

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railway has spent more than Tk 1714 crore to build a new railway line from Ishwardi to Pabna to Dhallarchar. The 79 km long road was built with 100% government funding, which was…

Consultancy fees Tk106cr for Wasa Research Institute

Farhad Chowdhury: Dhaka WASA wants to establish an international standard research center. But under the two packages for its development, only the consultancy cost proposed for Tk 106.10 crore has been asked, which is 13.37 percent…