Industry Desk: Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures, the highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned Monday.About 460 million children are exposed to…

Banks are fear of cyber-attack risk

Enhanced security measures Mahfuz Emran: Banks have taken extensive precautionary measures in view of the threat of cyber-attacks in the digital world of Bangladesh.They are working round-the-clock on the security of the database as well as…

Hackers sent deceptive email for BB money heist

Industry Report: The hackers sent a phishing e-mail message before stealing the reserves to hack the central bank’s servers. The message was answered from the computer device used by AFM Asaduzzaman, then General Manager of the…

Foreign investment downs Debt repayment ups

Reserve balancing mismatched Rabiul Haque: Due to the dollar crisis, Bangladesh Bank has imposed various restrictive conditions on imports. Due to this, the foreign trade deficit has decreased slightly. However, there is a big deficit in…

Even Tk 11,000 cr project can’t save Ctg from rain water

Ayub Ali, Chittagong: The government is implementing four major projects to solve Chittagong’s waterlogging. The government is spending Tk 10,803 crores on these projects which have been started since 2014.Although big projects have been taken, the…

PDB has to pay Tk 36,000 cr as capacity charge

Power generation to cross 30,000 MW in FY 2024 Staff Correspondent: An official source of the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said that 5,543 megawatts of new electricity will be added to the grid this…

Mango exports increased by 55pc

Industry Report: After the government took initiative, the export of mangoes from Bangladesh to different countries of the world is increasing. Mango export from Bangladesh has increased by 55 percent this year compared to last year.…

Dollar being sold at highest price

Syed Nasir Hossain: The dollar crisis is still evident in commercial banks. This crisis has been going on for almost a year and a half. Various measures to increase the supply of dollars are not working.…

Exports to big markets declined

In major economies exports have decreased Mahfuz Emran: In the recently concluded fiscal year, the export of Bangladeshi products to major economies like USA, China, Germany, Poland, Russia has significantly decreased. Hopefully, the export growth in…

Prices of commodities increased by 3-times

In gap of only a year period Zarif Mahmud: In the market, the price of daily necessary products has increased by almost 3-times in a period of only one year. It is increasing rapidly. Starting from…

BD warned of cyber-attack on 15 August

– Warning issued by CIRT– Bangladesh and Pakistan targeted Staff Correspondent: A group of hackers have threatened a ‘storm’ of cyber-attacks in Bangladeshi cyberspace. The hackers set 15 August as probable date to hit the cyberspace…