WB cuts BD GDP growth forecast to 6.1pc for 22-23
Industry Desk: Beset with Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, Pakistan’s catastrophic floods, a global slowdown, and impacts of the war in Ukraine, South Asia faces an unprecedented combination of shocks on top of the lingering scars of…
Read More »Hilsa export to India
BD earned $1.36cr Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh government has earned 1.36 crore US dollars from exporting 1,352 tonnes of hilsa fish to India this year so far, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said yesterday.Hilsa production…
Read More »National Grid failed due to technical faults
Nasrul Hamid Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said that the national grid failed on Tuesday due to technical faults and it was not an unusual incident.“We are verifying…
Read More »Govt to fix pvt hospitals’ service fees: Minister
Staff Correspondent: The government will fix the treatment charges of private hospitals in the country and divide those into three categories based on their quality of treatment , said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.These private hospitals…
Read More »Sugar prices hiked, palm oil fall
Staff Correspondent: The Ministry of Commerce has set the price of sugar and palm oil. The price of sugar has been increased by Tk 6 and fixed at Tk 90 per kg for open sugar and…
Read More »CCDB Climate Centre opened at Sreepur in Gazipur
Staff Correspondent: After 10 years of planning and construction, the door of the “CCDB Climate Centre” at Sreepur in Gazipur has been opened. The Christian Commissio n for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) inaugurated its Climate Centre…
Read More »Refinery modernization can reduce fuel oil price
Mahfuz Emran: The price of fuel oil is now the highest in the history of Bangladesh. Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, the price of fuel oil in Bangladesh has increased by more than 40 percent. Alternative…
Read More »How to prevent deaths by lightning strikes?
Staff Correspondent: Lightning strikes claimed the lives of nine people, including five from the same family, at Sirajganj’sUllapara in the first week of September and experts think the loss of lives could have been avoided if…
Read More »Project worth Tk 200 cr to increase coffee cultivation
Special Correspondent: Tea or coffee? This is a common question nowadays. Drinking coffee has become equally popular both at home and abroad. But even two centuries ago there was no opportunity to choose any alternative to…
Read More »RMG exports increased 45pc in European market
Staff Correspondent: The value of the garments made in Bangladesh is all over the world. However, Europe-America is the biggest buyer of the country’s garment industry. In addition, Bangladeshi clothing products are also joining new markets…
Read More »Livestock capacity main challenge for milk sufficiency
Mahfuja Mukul: The contribution of the livestock sector to the agrarian economy of Bangladesh is significant. The livestock capacity of the country has increased with time. At the same time milk production has increased, milk production…
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