Tk 8.8 m fine attempt to evade duty of Tk 4.2 m
Staff Correspondent: Messrs NB Trading House, an importer from Bangshal, had to pay a fine of Tk 8.8million for trying to evade duty of Tk 4.2 million. Chittagong Custom House has collected around Tk 1.36 crore…
Read More »Import of 28 categories goods banned
New import policy Staff Correspondent: The new import policy order has banned the import of 26 types of products including shrimp, condensed sugar, artificial mustard oil. The previous order had banned the import of 12 categories…
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Coleman in BangladeshDiplomatic Correspondent: USAID’s Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman is now visiting Bangladesh as part of her tri-nation tour. After wrapping up her Bangladesh tour (May 7-11), she will travel to Thailand and Laos, according to USAID.During her…
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‘Asani’ moved
northwestwardsStaff Correspondent: Cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ over Southeast Bay and adjoining area moved Northwestwards and now lies over the same area.It was centered at noon yesterdayabout 1205 Kms South-Southwest of Chattogram port, 1125 kms South-Southwest of Cox’s…
Read More »Benapole customs fails
to meet revenue targetStaff Correspondent: Benapole Customs House has failed to meet its revenue collection target again in the 2021-22 fiscal year despite recording a surge in imports from India.A total of 363,815 tonnes of goods were imported through…
Read More »Sajek faces severe food crisis
Lokman Hossain from Khagrachari: Scenic Sajek, the remotest union of Bangladesh in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), is undergoing a severe food crisis despite its huge development and tourism boom. This has been attributed to low…
Read More »8 m people dependent on
light engineering industryBicycle exports fetched Tk 1121 cr Mahfuz Emran: Bicycles made in Bangladesh are now appreciated all over the world. Bicycles costing from Tk 5,000 to Tk 200,000 are also being made in the country. The Meghna…
Read More »Govt employees’ salaries to be increased by Tk 606 cr
11.28 pc of total budget for FY 2022-23 Mahfuja Mukul: The non-development expenditure sector is accounting for 74 percent of the total expenditure of the budget for the next financial year. Incentives-subsidies, interest payments on loans…
Read More »Kailashtila to supply 20 mmcfd gas from May 10: Nasrul
Staff Correspondent: Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL), a government-owned major gas company, is set to supply around 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to the national grid from May 10.“With the government’s sincere…
Read More »Desperate trips on deadly routes
Illegal migration to Europe Staff Correspondent: KabirMatubbar (not his real name) took an illegal route to Italy from Bangladesh in 2015. The trip included a daring boat journey in the Mediterranean Sea from Libya.He paid about…
Read More »543 killed in road accidents in April
Staff Correspondent: With the rapid increase in the number of vehicles, mostly cars, in the congested roads of Bangladesh cities, there has been a steady rise in the number of accidents too.As many as 543 people,…
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