Number of hungry people doubled in 6 months
Staff Correspondent: Amid high inflation, the number of people going hungry for an entire day has nearly doubled among lower-income groups in the past six months, according to a survey by the South Asian Network on…
Read More »Minister for measures to stop deer huntingin Sundarbans
UNB: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take necessary measures to stop deer hunting and poaching in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.He gave the directives…
Read More »Govt planning to invitebid for offshore blocks
Staff Correspondent: The government is preparing to invite international bidding for the country’s offshore gas blocks by making the model production sharing contract (Model PSC) more attractive for international oil companies (IOCs) to invest in hydrocarbon…
Read More »Arranging loan to increase liquidity in capital market
Mahfuz Emran: Institutional investors will be given loans from the Capital Market Stabilization Fund (CMSF). Regulatory body Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has taken initiatives to increase liquidity in the capital market. According to BSEC…
Read More »VAT return increased by 12 lakhs in a year
Staff Correspondent: The number of new Business Identification Numbers (BINs) is constantly increasing. Also, the number of VAT return submissions is increasing. Mainly due to increase in awareness among traders, both registrations and returns are increasing.…
Read More »Mauritania welcomes Bangladesh’s contract farming proposal
Diplomatic Correspondent: Mauritania, one of the largest countries in West Africa, has welcomed the ‘contract farming’ proposal to cultivate the arable land of Mauritania by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and businessmen. During his recent visit to Mauritania, the…
Read More »Cry for drinking water in the coast
Dwellers of Khulna city now facing crisis Special Correspondent: The cry for clean drinking water that started across the Khulna coast during the dry season has now reached the metropolis even. Coastal people walk miles to…
Read More »People to get meat milk and eggs at cheaper rate from mobile van in city
Staff Correspondent: The government has started selling of meat, milk and eggs in the city as the consumers can buy these products at cheaper rate during the holy Ramadan.“The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has initiated…
Read More »Experiment train to run on Padma Bridge on April 4
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railways has decided to run trains experimentally from April 4 (Tuesday) on the Mawa-Bhanga link railway including Padma Bridge.Senior Information Officer of the Ministry of Railways Md. Shariful Alam confirmed the matter to…
Read More »7-yrs jail if use word bank without license
New IMF conditions Special Correspondent: In order to fulfill the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the amended Bank Company Act-2021 is going to be raised in the upcoming National Parliament session. There, a maximum…
Read More »Once again, Teesta issue roils BD-India relations
India is planning two additional canals that will draw water from the transboundary river, impacting water flows to Bangladesh Shafi Md Mostofa: On March 4, the irrigation department of the government of the eastern Indian state…
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