Tk 8,00 cr will save, time to be reduced to 48-hrs AKM Belal Uddin, Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh is about to enter a new era of crude oil extraction. Crude oil will now be brought to…

PM off to Italy to attend UN Food Summit

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday left here for Rome, Italy on a three-day official visit to attend UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment. A regular commercial flight of Qatar Airways, carrying the premier and…

Credit card use by foreigners surges

Staff Correspondent: Transaction through credit cards issued by other countries and used in Bangladesh also increased by 23% to Tk210.1 crore in May compared with that of Tk170.4 crore in AprilThe use of credit cards by…

Master plan being devised to develop smart Cox’s Bazar

Faridul Alam Shahin, Cox’s Bazar: The Cox’s Bazar Development Authority (CoxDA) is set to prepare a master plan to turn Cox’s Bazar into a modern and smart city, an official said. “We’re working to devise the…

Mild heat wave sweeping and it may continue

Staff Correspondent: Mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Dhaka, Panchagarh, Moulvibazar and Feni and it may continue.The meteorological department made this forecast for the next twenty-four hours beginning from 9am yesterday.Light to…

Uncommon leapfrogs of weak companies

Mahfuz Emran: Fu-Wang Food has never paid a dividend of more than 2 percent in the last four years. The shares were stuck at the floor price (minimum price) day after day as there were no…

Wheat fertilizer import under threat

Russia cancels grain deal Special Correspondent: Russia has withdrawn from the Black Sea grain export agreement. On Monday, Russia told the United Nations that it would not renew the agreement with Ukraine. Bangladesh’s food and fertilizer…

17 people killed as bus plunges into pond in Jhalakathi

Shafiul Azam Tutul, Jhalakathi: At least 17 people including seven children and five women were killed and 35 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside pond at Chhatrakanda in Sadarupazila of Jhalakathi district on…

Half of world’s people at dengue risk: WHO

Spreads 129 countries so far Industry Report: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that half of the world’s population is at risk of contracting dengue fever. Raman Velaudhan, head of WHO’s tropical diseases unit, gave…

Rising RMG exports to new markets

A real boon to economy Staff Correspondent: Rising apparel shipments to non-traditional markets offer a new ray of hope for the country’s export sector amid the global economic crisis.Despite falling global demand and an energy crisis,…

Bangladesh now a case study of economic uplift in world

Staff Correspondent: Renowned US online newspaper Policy Watcher lauded Bangladesh’s economic achievements saying that as one of the fastest growing economies, Bangladesh has now become a case study of economic development in the world.“On the basis…