Huge amount of cash in hands of people
Banks running with help of BB Mahfuz Emran: The demand for cash in the country’s banking sector has intensified. Bangladesh Bank continues to print new money to deal with the situation. According to the information of…
Read More »Growing concern about remittances
Staff Correspondent: July, the first month of the new financial year 2024-25, started with a high rate of remittances. In the first 13 days, $978.6 million remittances came into the country through legal means. In local…
Read More »Remittance inflow may be hampered
Starts remittance shutdown Mahfuz Emran: Remittance flows returned to growth. However, in the context of internet shutdown and nationwide conflict and curfew, there is a risk of decline in this July. As of July 24, remittances…
Read More »Half of share market investments lost a year
Mahfuja Mukul: Investing Tk 33.5 million in the shares of 36 listed companies, there was a loss of Tk 16 crore. Tk 1.92 crore invested in eight mutual funds and the loss is Tk 81 lakh.…
Read More »Fakhrul slams PM for ‘crocodile tears’ during hospital visits
Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for what he called a deceptive display of “crocodile tears” during her hospital visits on Friday to see injured protesters of…
Read More »With uncertainty across the Atlantic, Europe worries about its own security
International Desk: When Donald Trump suggested during the 2016 presidential campaign that he might not honor a U.S. commitment to defend other NATO countries if they were attacked, it triggered alarm throughout the trans-Atlantic alliance. With…
Read More »Rokeya University provides financial assistance to Abu Sayed’s family
Rangpur Correspondent: The administration of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) has provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed, a student of the university’s English department who is widely acknowledged to have been the first…
Read More »Railway’s East Zone suffers Tk 21.7 crore loss during violence over quota reform
Staff Correspondent: The East Zone of Bangladesh Railway has suffered a loss of Tk 21.70 crore during the nationwide violence over quota reform as 40 bogies of different trains were damaged and four bogies were set…
Read More »Quota reform: Coordinators announce fresh programme from secret location
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-discrimination Student Movement has announced their next course of action programme. Rifat Rashed, Abdul Hannan Masud and Mahin Sarker, 3 coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, held the briefing on Saturday evening, in…
Read More »DB chief Harun refuses to meet university teachers inquiring about their students in police custody
Staff Correspondent: A delegation of the University Teachers Network went to the DB office on Saturday afternoon to inquire about the three coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumdar.…
Read More »Barishal University students demand end to police harassment, withdrawal of cases
Barishal Correspondent: The students of Barishal University have placed a 4-point set of demands, including withdrawal of cases filed against students centering the quota reform movement and stopping police harassment. Sujoy Shuvo, coordinator of the quota…
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