Zarif Mahmud: The effect of falling value of rupee against the dollar is also falling in the budget. Additional allocation should be kept for payment of additional interest. This pressure has been created since the current…

Foreign investment increasing in BD

Staff Correspondent: Foreign investors are active in the stock market. Foreign investors’ transactions have doubled in April compared to last March.It is known that the total turnover of foreign investors in the stock market last March…

Revenue hasn’t increased only debt has increased

Bangladesh economy Farhad Chowdhury: According to the information of the Ministry of Finance, the government has allocated Tk 80,375 crore for the interest payment in the budget of the current financial year. But Tk 56,222 crores…

Midwives could be game changers

5,000 midwives to be recruited soon Industry Desk: When Sanjida Khatun joined the Kazipur Upazila Health Complex in Sirajganj as a midwife in 2018, the facility would see only 20-25 childbirths a month. People used to…

Exports-remittances decreased, increasing pressure on dollar

Mahfuz Emran: Export earnings and remittance flows, the two main sectors of foreign exchange earnings in the country, declined in April.Export earnings fell by 16.5 percent and remittances by nearly 17 percent. Reducing the income in…

PM interacts with Charles at Commonwealth Leaders’ Event

Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London.The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall.In the event,…

Mango starts appearing in Rajshahi markets amid festivity

Rajshahi Bureau: Juicy and delicious fruit Mango has started appearing in the markets of Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas as its harvesting began since Thursday morning, abiding by the instruction of local administration.Like the previous…

Govt proposes ADP of Tk 2,63,000cr in 15 sectors for the next FY

Education, health to get boost in next ADP Industry Desk: The proposed ADP of Tk2,63,000 crore in 15 sectors for the next financial year includes Tk94,000 crore in foreign aid.The education sector is set to receive…

675 Bangladeshis reach Port Sudan to leave crisis-hit Sudan: Shahriar Alam

Industry Desk: A total of 675 Bangladeshi nationals looking to leave crisis-hit Sudan have reached Port Sudan from Khartoum so far.“Those who are without passports have already been provided with travel permits,” State Minister for Foreign…

World leaders gather in London for King Charles’ coronation

International Desk: King Charles will hold a reception yesterday for world leaders gathered in London for his coronation this weekend, the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years.Charles, 74, and his wife…

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant receives certificate to procure fuel for unit-1

Industry Desk: Bangladesh has received a readiness certificate for the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, allowing it to procure fuel and begin operation.The certification was signed by Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant’s Project Director…