LPG gets costlier
further by Tk 48Staff Correspondent: Consumers will have to buy Liquefied Petroliam Gas (LPG) at a higher price as the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has re-fixed the price of 12 KG LPG container at Tk 1439 from existing…
Read More »4236 deaths in 7-yrs for launch accident
Mahfuz Emran: According to the Fire Service and Civil Defense Department, 4,236 people have died in 4,791 naval accidents in the country in the last seven years. Two thousand 614 people were injured. According to the…
Read More »Vehicular movement on Padma Bridge by June
Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the Padma Bridge would be opened for vehicular movement by June 2022.He made the announcement while speaking at a review meeting on the progress of…
Read More »City residential areas turning to commercial
Chaos, gridlock now regular phenomenon Golam Mostafa Jibon : Most of the residential areas of the capital are now being used as commercial areas violating the directive of the authorities concerned. As a result, concern has…
Read More »Electricity cables to go underground
Staff Correspondent: The overhead cables will go underground in the country’s major cities for modernising the electricity supply system, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told parliament yesterday.“Plans have been taken to…
Read More »Consumers experiencing shortage in gas supply
Staff Correspondent: Consumers in different areas have been experiencing shortage or low pressure in gas supply following a technical fault in supply process of the gas from Bibiyana field in Sylhet.According to a Chevron statement, the…
Read More »Chawkbazar Ifter market
fetches huge buyers’ crowdRabiul Haque: On the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the traditional Iftar Bazaar of Chawkbazar in old Dhaka is jammed. However, in the beginning, the traders were obstructed by the police for setting…
Read More »Govt sugar mills incur Tk 4351cr loss in 5-yrs
BSFIC highest loss incurring govt organisation Zarif Mahmud: The state-owned sugar mills have been at a loss for a long time. Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) has taken various plans including replacement, repair, production…
Read More »White sugar increases health risks
Staff Correspondent: People usually use white sugar in making sweets. We can’t go without tea and coffee if we don’t have sugar. About 98% of the sugar used in the country is refined white sugar. Sugarcane…
Read More »Tk 7,000 cr spent for
sugar import yearlyBangladesh 4th largest sugar importer Mahfuja Mukul: As per the government, the annual demand of sugar in Bangladesh is 16 lakh tons. However, sugar refining companies and traders think that the demand is much higher. The…
Read More »Wine to be produced
in 2 more sugar millsStaff Correspondent: There are 15 state-owned sugar mills in the country. Most of these mills under the control of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) are pre-independence. As it gets older, efficiency decreases. Production is…
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