Staff Correspondent: Saiful, who used to be a van-puller, now sells ‘fuchka’ (street food) near the Padma Bridge. He now earns significantly more than he did previously – thanks to the boom the locality has seen…

Pipeline gas going to 11 districts of North

New economic prospect sees day light Zarif Mahmud: Agriculture, the life and livelihood of a large population of northern region of Bangladesh depends on agriculture. As a result, people who depend on their daily income are…

12 challenges hinder software exports from Bangladesh

Ibrahim Khalil Jewel: Bangladesh is a developing country, which has made significant progress in the information technology (IT) sector in recent years. With a growing pool of talented professionals, the country has the potential to become…

Bankers demand expulsion of mandatory banking diploma

Staff Correspondent: Bank Officers are not in favor of compulsory requirement of Banking Diploma in their Promotion Criteria, read a press release yesterday.BWAB has sent a request letter to Abdur Rouf Talukder, Governor, Bangladesh Bank on…

Gold traders can participate in capital market

BSEC Chairman Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) chairman Dr. Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam said gold traders can participate in the capital market if the company is profitable.The BSEC chairman was addressing a seminar organized by…

City dwellers fed up with noise pollution

Staff Correspondent: The residents of the capital city of Dhaka have got sick of the honking of vehicles, thanks to lack of effective measures and monitoring by the authorities concerned.The menace of sound pollution is worsening…

Govt’s net borrowing from banks Tk 6,550cr in 3 months

Industry Desk: The government’s move to borrow heavily from the banking sector has increased to meet the budget deficit.The government takes about 75 percent of the internal loans from the banking sector. On the other hand,…

Coastal people leaving motherland permanently

Lack of fresh water and jobs Mahfuja Mukul: Majedul and Masura couple live with their three children in a small shack in Rathkhola Bill of Munjitpur area of Satkhira city. Majedul drives a van in Satkhira…

Trade deficit stood at Tk 129,150 cr

Staff Correspondent: Despite the remittance and export earnings have increased slightly, the amount of trade deficit is also increasing. In the first six months (July-December) of the current fiscal year 2022-23, the trade deficit in the…

Adani looks to prepay Rs 8,000 cr loan in 45-day

Asifiqbal Thakoor from Delhi: Gautam Adani is planning to pre-pay its large parts of its loans against shares (LAS) portfolio of Rs 7000-8000 crores taken at the shareholder level which are backed by share pledges, to…

Bangladesh produces 9.38 cr kg tea in 2022

Staff Correspondent: In the outgoing year 2022, tea production in the country was 9 crore 38 lakh kgs. Compared to 2021, the production has decreased by 26 lakh 77 thousand kgs. Although the target of 10…