Field agents active to sell leaked questions: Agencies
DSHE question leak Staff Correspondent: A cashier and book-centre staffer of two government colleges in Dhaka have worked as field agents to find examinees who would purchase the leaked questions of Directorate of Secondary and Higher…
Read More »Wheat from alternative sources still uncertain
Price shooting up in market Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh is looking for ways to import wheat from other countries in view of the imposition of ban on Indian exports. However, the traders think that the task is…
Read More »Life insurers spent Tk 115 cr illegally
In name of business procurement Zarif Mahmud: A number of life insurance companies have pledged in 2016 to recoup excessive spending (adjusting past expenses by reducing costs) in violation of the law in the management sector.…
Read More »Global Development Bank
to start journey on June 1Staff Correspondent: To tackle the post Covid-19 pandemic financial crisis and economic catastrophe, a new international development banknamed Global Development Bank (GDB) is going to be launched on June 1in the member states of the United…
Read More »Electricity to be 57 pc costlier
Saleh Ahmed Husain: The technical team of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has recommended to increase the price of electricity by 56.73 percent at the wholesale level. The recommendation was made at a public hearing held…
Read More »RMG export earns $35.36 b in Jul-Apr
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) export for the July- April period of FY 2021-22 earned $35.36 billion, according to recently released Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. During the first ten months of FY 2021-22, RMG…
Read More »Tipu discounts wheat crisis
Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday underplayed concern over wheat price saying the country has enough stock of the food grain.He was briefing the media after a meeting of the Task Force committee on commodity…
Read More »Tk 909 cr worth LNG to be imported from Singapore
Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement has approved a proposal to import 33.7 million MMBTU (per million British thermal units) liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet the country’s energy demand. It will cost Tk…
Read More »Govt sincere in handling economic issues: Mannan
Staff Correspondent: Planning Minister MA Mannan has said the presentgovernment is very much sincere in handling the on-going economic issuesarising out of the current global condition.“So, economics is a very important issue and you can’t get…
Read More »US keen to deepen ties with BD: Haas
Diplomatic Correspondent: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Hass yesterdayexpressed his country’s willingness to deepening ties with Bangladesh as the two countries discussed “action oriented” issues to that end.“We had a conversation about how we can continue…
Read More »HC warned judge who granted bail to Samrat
His bail cancelled, asked to surrender Court Correspondent: The High Court has warned Judge Asifuzzaman Al Asad Mohammad of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6 in the case of granting bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a…
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