Forex reserve crosses $44 b
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s forex reserves rose to $44.30 billion again after a month, thanks to growing inward remittance.The forex reserve fell to $43.89 billion on 6 March 2022 after paying import bills of $2.16 billion to…
Read More »Suffering mounting while correcting NID
Another failure of Election Commission Zarif Mahmud: The voter list with pictures was made almost a decade ago. So far, the Election Commission (EC) has not updated the information of the citizens. Despite spending crores of…
Read More »PM stresses nature-based development
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government prioritised nature-based plans to ensure country’s overall development, urging all concerned to conserve rain and flood water alongside protecting water bodies, reducing groundwater usage and maintaining…
Read More »New airport to be constructed near Dhaka: Mahbub
Staff Correspondent: There is a plan to construct a new international airport named ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport,’ in the vicinity of Dhaka ensuring the latest standards to make Bangladesh as an air connectivity hub between…
Read More »21 aircrafts in Biman fleet
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali has said that at present Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Biman) has 21 aircrafts for passenger transport. Of these, 18 are own aircraft and the other three…
Read More »MPO enrollment for 2500 edu institutions after Eid
Staff Correspondent: About 7,500 schools, colleges, madrasas and technical institutes across the country have applied for the new MPO. Of these, about 2,500 institutions have fulfilled all the conditions as per the MPO registration policy. Education…
Read More »Ties between BD, Americans deeper: Blinken
Diplomatic Correspondent: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the ties between Bangladeshis and Americans grow deeper and more intertwined with every generation as the two countries celebrate five decades of friendship.“I look forward to…
Read More »Sundarbans have 114 tigers
Staff Correspondent: The latest survey states that there are currently 114 tigers in the Sundarbans, said Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin.“106 tigers were found in the Sundarbans in 2015 by counting using…
Read More »Gas crisis not ending soon
Staff Correspondent: An acute gas crisis gripped the capital Dhaka causing sufferings to city dwellers on Sunday (April 03), the very first day of Ramadan.It was learned that acute gas crisis hit different areas including Green…
Read More »Tk 2,272cr project implements to increase DESCO capacity
Staff Correspondent: The government has initiated a big move to implement a Tk 2,272.47 crore project to increase the power distributioncapacity of the Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) in a bid toensure sustainable and reliable…
Read More »Software programs launched to ensure transparency in projects
Staff Correspondent: Two software programmes have been launched aiming at formulating project profile, sending to concerned ministries, processing and approving, and receiving applications for research, scrutinizing and approving those online.Planning Minister MA Mannan inaugurated the two…
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