None came to help them Batan Biswas, UE Correspondent: A boat carrying around 400 migrants is adrift in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta, and is at risk of capsizing after being stranded for at…

Hot weather may continue for a few more days

Staff Correspondent: People in different parts of the country are experiencing a sweltering heatwave with the mercury soaring to 37.4 degrees Celsius in Dhaka yesterday.A mild-to-moderate heat spell swept across five of the eight divisions of…

Relief in rice supply discomfort in price

Mahfuz Emran: In the last few seasons, there has been bumper rice production in the country. In the last financial year (2021-22), the total production of rice in the country exceeded the all-time record. On the…

Textile millers against saleof illegally imported yarn

Industry Desk: Local textile millers demanded taking necessary steps against selling illegally imported yarn, clothes and dress material in the market.In this regard, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) sent a letter –signed by its President Mohammad…

No new projects in ADP for FY2023

Zarif Mahmud: Completion of ongoing projects on time without taking up new projects, discouragement of taking up less important projects except nationally important projects.Nationally important projects, fast track projects and mega projects including foreign aided projects…

High growth election budget coming ahead

Farhad Chowdhury: According to the Finance Department, inflation will not come down much in the coming financial year. As a result, the main challenge is inflation control. And there will be two major pressures on the…

Interest expenditure to be increased in budget

Arun Sarker: It is estimated that more than Tk 22 thousand crore will be spent in the interest expenditure sector in the budget of the next financial year 2023-2024 compared to the current financial year 2022-2023.…

South Korea to finance forKamalapur-N’ganj project

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh embarked upon the era of metro rail service with technical and financial support from Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is financing the MRT Line-6 project from Uttara to Kamalapur. The country…

Bangladesh braces fora week of heatwave

Staff Correspondent: The summer is still five days away according to the Bengali calendar but a mild-to-moderate heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka and most other regions of the country.With no rain forecast, the odds of the…

Anti-dengue drive tocontinue throughoutyear: LGRD Minister

Staff Correspondent: Anti-dengue drive will be conducted round the year, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam.“We have decided to conduct drive to control dengue till December. The authorities have divided the…

Country’s total population stands at 16,98,28,911

Staff Correspondent: The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE),…