Govt paid off debt with fresh debt!
Farhad Chowdhury : In the first six months (July-December) of the current financial year, the government is taking regular loans from various internal sources. Especially the trend of borrowing from treasury bills and bonds has increased…
Read More »Implementation rate of revised budget 87 pc
Staff Correspondent : Even after reducing Tk 84,615 crores from the original budget, it was not possible to implement the revised budget of the last financial year 2022-2023. That is, the government could not achieve the…
Read More »A city of fire traps
Staff Correspondent : In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, the history of fire incidents stretches back decades, with each tragedy laying bare the systemic failures of monitoring and enforcement by the authorities.The recurrence of these incidents,…
Read More »Export policy roadmap sets to earn $110 b by 2026
Mahfuz Emran : Bangladesh will leave the LDC in 2026. But after this transition, there is a lot of lobbying going on as to whether or not the export sector will get the benefits it still…
Read More »Russia participation in BD economy to be increased
Rabiul Haque : Russia exported 2.7 lakh tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh in 2023 calendar year. At present, plans are being made to import more wheat from the country, Maritime Gateway said, quoting related sources. According…
Read More »Hamas, Qatari, US envoys in Cairo for Gaza talks
Staff Correspondent : Delegations from Hamas, Qatar and the United States have arrived in Egypt for “a new round of negotiations” toward a truce in the Gaza war, state-linked Al-Qahera News reported Sunday.Cairo, Doha and Washington…
Read More »Govt enabling armed forces to face any situation: PM
Rajshahi Correspondent : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has been making armed forces of the country as modern and time-befitting to make them capable to face any situation as various development projects are…
Read More »Shopping malls-markets in capital are fireboxes
450 buildings extremely vulnerable Mahfuja Mukul: There are 17 restaurants in the building that caught fire on Thursday night in the capital’s Bailey Road.But that building had no fire extinguishing system.Even if there was a staircase,…
Read More »GDP boosting with contribution of 46,000 industries
Farhad Chowdhury : As the saying goes, ‘Banijye Basti Lakshmi’. According to the truth of this proverb, the business and trade of the country has expanded through extensive industrialization. And the role of the industrial sector…
Read More »Insurance agents leaving profession
Insurance lost confidence Mahfuz Emran : Over 350,000 life insurance agents have become inactive due to not timely claim settlement by their companies. The clients have also lost confidence on insurance due to the same cause,…
Read More »Average 345 ships plying in 8 Sundarbans rivers daily
Seriously effects on wildlife Mohiuddin Farazi : Thousands of domestic and foreign ships are moving through eight rivers with animals in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. An average of 345 are running daily. As…
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