Rabiul 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…

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…

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…

Tk 7,000 cr spent for
sugar import yearly

Bangladesh 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…

Wine to be produced
in 2 more sugar mills

Staff 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…

78 project aims to be implemented in PPP

Most successful govt organisation Syed Nasir Hossain: The remarkable progress has been made in public-private partnership (PPP) development projects of the country. Upcoming 78 development projects. Of these, 26 projects are in the procurement and implementation…

Gold coming from abroad
being smuggled to India

Golam Mostafa Jibon: Bulk portion of the gold comingfrom abroad especially from Dubai and Singapore in legal way is being smuggled to neighboring country India through illegal border routes under the nose of authorities concerned due…

Govt must arrange job for disabled: PM

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government would arrange permanent accommodation and employment for the differently able persons including the people with autism aimed at securing their lives.“We have eight divisions. We will…

Govt to sell milk egg meat at subsidised price: Ministry

Staff Correspondent: The government will sell milk, egg, and meat at subsidised rates for mass people at 10 locations in the capital from Sunday.Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim will inaugurate the sale at the…

Dhaka to seek Washington’s
diversified cooperation

Staff Correspondent: Momen to leave for USA tonight to hold talks with Blinken Apr 4 Bangladesh will seek wider and diversified cooperation from the United States and demand again the withdrawal of sanctions imposed on its…

We end culture
of injustice: PM

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that her government had been able to end the culture of injustice established by a military ruler in the country because of people’s mandate.She said this while inaugurating…