BB sells $3.75bin 3-month
Dollar erosion continuing Mahfuja Mukul: The country’s foreign exchange reserves are continuously declining. However, the sale of dollars from the reserve does not stop. Bangladesh Bank has sold $3.75 billion from reserves in the first three…
Read More »Political vows to address climate change risks needed ahead of polls
Staff Correspondent Climate experts and civil society representatives at a dialogue in the city have called upon the political parties to announce their plan and commitment in dealing with risk of climate change ahead of the…
Read More »Record Tk 296 cr per km cost of road construction
Chittagong port connecting road Mahfuz Emran: A project has been undertaken for the development of communication and transport system with Chittagong port. In the proposed project, 11.45 km road will be constructed. It has estimated the…
Read More »BB inspection weakness increased defaults: IMF
Farhad Chowdhury: Even after giving special facilities, defaulted loans did not decrease. On the contrary, the amount of defaulted loans, the main problem of the banking sector, has increased. It is decreasing a little in one…
Read More »Ex-MP Poton again embezzles about Tk 1,000cr of fertilizer
ACC forms probe team, asks for documents Special Correspondent: The much-discussed Narsingdi-2 former Member of Parliament (MP) and owner of contracting company M/s Potton Traders Kamrul Ashraf Khan alias Potton has been accused of looting 184,071…
Read More »Adani supplies maximum electricity to Bangladesh
Mahfuja Mukul: Electricity demand in the country is now 14 to 14.5 thousand megawatts per day. A major part of this is coming from India’s Adani Power Limited. 1200-1400 MW daily electricity is coming from the…
Read More »Bangladesh sees 169-yr highest tea production
Staff Correspondent: The country has the potential to produce a record amount of tea this year. Sufficient rainfall in the monsoon, tolerable temperature and the supervision of Bangladesh Tea Board have increased the production of tea…
Read More »Bangladesh to place Tk 3 tr Delta Plan in IMF-WB meeting
World Bank-IMF meeting starts today Zarif Mahmud : In the last three years (2020-2023), the economic loss of the world, including Bangladesh, has reached $370 billion.This huge loss has been caused by the continuous shock of…
Read More »Rice export may be stopped to meet food shortage
Mahfuja Mukul: Rice is not being produced as per the target in the country. As a result, there is a shortage of rice production compared to the demand. Import initiatives have been taken to fill this…
Read More »RNPP: Security risk in meeting fuel demand
Rabiul Haque: By acquiring uranium from Russia, the RuppurNuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna has now become an internationally recognized facility. Russian President Vladimir Putin, participating for the first time in an event of this project…
Read More »PK Halder gets 22 yrs jail
Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL) Proshanto Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder to 22 years of imprisonment in a case over amassing…
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