World food prices rise for first time in a year
International Desk: The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose in April for the first time is a year, but is still some 20% up on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia’s…
Read More »Gambler cos launders Tk 9.39 cr to Singapore
Online Gambling co: Three Leaf Gold Special Correspondent: A company named Ulka Games Limited smuggled that money into Singapore as dividends without paying income tax.The amount of smuggled money is Tk 9.39 crore. The company created…
Read More »Lightning strikes claim 340 lives in 13 months
Industry Desk: A total of 340 people were killed by lightning strikes in the country from April 2022 to May 3, 2023.Among them, 274 people including 239 men and 35 women died due to lightning strikes…
Read More »71 ponds in Dhaka filled up in 5 years
Says Fire Service Staff Correspondent: According to the fire service, there were 100 ponds in the capital Dhaka in 2018. This number has decreased to 29 in 2023.So, in the last five years, 71 ponds have…
Read More »Record Boro output expected in country
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is set to see an increase of 1 million tonnes of rice compared to the previous year, thanks to a good harvest and increased acreage in the current boro season.This achievement comes despite…
Read More »Biman decides to purchase2 cargo planes from Airbus
Staff Correspondent: The board of Biman Bangladesh has decided to purchase two freighter A350 as proposed by the Airbus.The decision came at the board meeting held on Tuesday, confirmed Mahbub Ali, state minister of Civil Aviation…
Read More »High-risky 20 Dhaka markets yet to break
A case has been filed in the high court so that most of the risky markets are not broken Zarif Mahmud: At least 20 markets owned by the two city corporations of Dhaka are on the…
Read More »PM offers SEZ for US businessmen
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the US business community to invest largely in Bangladesh’s renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile and pharmaceuticals sectors, reiterating her offer of a dedicated ‘special economic zone’ (SEZ) solely…
Read More »Taka weakens further against US dollar
BB sells $ at Tk 104.5 Staff Correspondent: The Bangladeshi taka yesterday weakened further against the US dollar as the Bangladesh Bank started selling the American greenback to banks at Tk 104.5. The move is aimed…
Read More »Private sector credit flow consistently decreasing
Mahfuja Mukul: The monetary policy for the current fiscal year 2022-23 has set a target of 14.10 percent of credit growth in the private sector till next June. However, in the first nine months of the…
Read More »Inflation decreases to 9.24pc in April
Industry Desk: The overall inflation in Bangladesh stood at 9.24% in April, which was 9.33% in March, highest in the last eight months.The latest inflation data was released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics yesterday. Earlier…
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