4,400 Eid cattle markets will be set up in country
Staff Correspondent: No one without a mask will be allowed to enter the cattle markets to be set up ahead of Eid-ul-Azha across the country, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday.This year, a total of 4,407…
Read More »18 new wards of DNCC look like villages
Struggle to obtain civic services Staff Correspondent: Although five years have passed, tens of thousands of residents of 18 wards that were incorporated under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) cannot yet avail the civic services…
Read More »BSMMU prison cell becomes resort for VIP inmates: ACC
Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Council at the Supreme Court yesterday said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell has become a resort for the VIP inmates.“They (VIPs) become sick as soon as they land…
Read More »WB to provide $500m for power supply modernisation
Industry Desk: A loan agreement was signed yesterday between thegovernment of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB) under which the lending agency will provide $500 million to modernise the rural electricity distribution system under Dhaka and…
Read More »Human trafficking thru’ 18 routes goes on
Cost between Tk 3 lakh and Tk 15 lakh Golam Mostafa Jibon: At least 18 routes have become transit route for human trafficking to different countries from Bangladesh that growing concern to the law enforcers.A section…
Read More »Dhaka subway construction work to start by this year
Tk 11,400 cr loan deal signed with Japan Special Correspondent: Bangladesh is highly optimistic about building a subway network in Dhaka, despite many challenges that confront the expensive transport system.Under the Metrorail Line-5 project, 13.50 km…
Read More »Mongla port makes record in car import
Khulna Bureau: Mongla port has set a record in car imports leaving Chittagong behind. In the fiscal year 2021-22, 20,608 vehicles have been imported through this port, which is the highest ever. On the other hand,…
Read More »Exports earning to cross $50b mark in FY22
Staff Correspondent: The country’s export earning is going to hit the much-expected magic figure of $50 billion in the outgoing 2021-22 fiscal year propelled by better apparel shipment despite the Ukraine war.Total merchandise exports grew year-on-year…
Read More »Digital cattle market poses brisk business
Eid-ul-Azha approaching fast Golam Mostafa Jibon: Like the previous years, this year the e-commerce entrepreneurs are expecting to carrying brisk business of sacrificial animal selling and purchasing through online or digital platform.Due to clutch of corona…
Read More »Jet fuel price increase 122 pc in 18-month
Plane fare doubled too Mahfuja Mukul: Two years ago, the price of jet fuel used in aircraft was only Tk 48 per liter. Now the price of the same fuel fixed by the government is Tk…
Read More »Connectivity is key to national development
Hasina in donation receiving prog Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterdaysaid her government has been working to improve the connectivity throughout the country for economic progress and industrialization.“We’ve developed a communication network through construction of…
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