Diplomatic Correspondent: President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has offered greater use of Colombo port by Bangladesh for transportation of Bangladeshi goods.Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen paid a courtesy call on the President of…

Govt summons 4-edible
oil suppliers again

TK, S Alam, Bangladesh Edible Oil, Bashundhara involves in market manipulation? Staff Correspondent: The Directorate of National Consumers Rights Protection has again asked representatives from four edible oil importers and suppliers – TK Group, S Alam…

Historic lowest sugar production in govt mills

Zarif Mahmud: A decade ago (FY 2012-13), the annual production of state-owned sugar mills in the country was over one lakh tonnes. In the last sugarcane threshing season (2020-21 fiscal year) that production has come down…

Interest in sugarcane cultivation declining

Farmers switching to other crops Mahfuz Emran: At one time sugarcane was cultivated on both banks of the small Jamuna in Joypurhat Sadar area. The distance from there to Joypurhat Sugar Mill is a few kilometers.…

65,474 more homeless
families to get shelters

Savar Correspondent: As part of the government’s target toensure housing for the landless and homeless people, 65,474 more singlehouses are being constructed under third phase of Ashrayan-2 Project.At the third phase of Ashrayan-2, the government has…

MPs anger over quality of education

Well-educated people don’t want to be VC: Dipu Staff Correspondent: Opposition members of parliament have claimed that the education system has collapsed. He said that the nation is constantly declining due to employment and poor education…

Construction workers
don’t have work

Wages reduced by half Mahfuz Emran: About 3.5 million construction workers have no work at the moment due to stagnation of ongoing construction works for the skyrocket price hike in the recent days. The family of…

PM asks armed forces to be ready for safeguarding sovereignty

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked theBangladesh Armed Forces personnel to always be ready to protect the country’sindependence and sovereignty.“We don’t want to engage in war with anyone . . . But, we have…

Parents suffer for price hike of cereal

Adulterated baby foods flood market Golam Mostafa Jibon:With the continuous price hike of essential commodities, the price of baby foods has gone up abnormally putting the parents of babies at serious misery. They are now facing…

Private sector drives Bangladesh to forwards

Diplomatic Correspondent: UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Rushanara Ali said that private sector development and trade expansion are the real growth drivers for Bangladesh’s economy.“Bangladesh has done a tremendous success in the socio-economic sector. For the…

Rickshaw pullers need
license to ply in city

Fare will be fixed Zarif Mahmud: All rickshaws plying in Dhaka are coming under registration. The driver must also get a license. The age of the rickshaw puller should be between 18 to 50 years. There…