Staff Correspondent: The nation is going to observe the historic March 7 today, commemorating the landmark speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which was touted as an indirectdeclaration of the country’s independence…

Export earnings come down from
90pc to 3pc

The golden fiber of Bangladesh Mahfuja Mukul: The glory of Bengal jute is quite old. And jute was the main source of income in Bangladesh economy. Which has largely faded in the last five decades since…

16 officials want to spend Tk 1.4 cr for EU-US tour

To learn water management Zarif Mahmud: The Netherlands is a suitable country for the National Water Management Plan (NWMP). But for this work it has been proposed to travel Europe-America-Australia. Expenditure for training abroad has been…

Labour export to Malaysia uncertain once again!

–25-agents’ strong syndicate behind the game-Malaysia shifting eyes on India, Nepal, Indonesia Special Correspondent: It was said that there would be no syndicate to send workers to Malaysia. All government-registered recruiting agencies will be able to…

20 world-class rail stations
to build at Tk 39,248 cr

Mahfuja Mukul: The passengers’ experience using the country’s railway stations is not very pleasant. Strange smell at most stations. Dirty environment. For this reason, passengers are afraid to use the toilet. Suffering from moving from one…

Dhaka-Delhi new trade agreement
‘CEPA’ may be signed this year

Special Correspondent: While the volume of bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh has reached 10 billion dollars, there is still a huge trade deficit between the two countries. There are also some inconsistencies. The two countries…

1072km deadly risky roads

Tk 4,315.56 crintegrated safe roads project coming to set up device and drivers’ training Mahfuz Emran: A total of 1,072 km of roads have been identified as ‘extremely risky’ in the country, out ofthe total 21,595.49…

SoBs failed to recover
stuck up default loans

Staff Correspondent: The state-owned banks (SoBs) have not been able to achieve their target of recovering defaulted loans. Stay away from achieving the real target set, the revised target is not showing any success in performing.…

Korea proposes to build Metrorail in Chattogram

PPP poses ever highest performance in taping investment under the leadership of Sultana Afroz Zarif Mahmud: South Korea proposed to invest in the construction of a metro rail in the port city on the basis of…

Jabbar for ensuring digital
connectivity in education

Staff Correspondent: Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday laid emphasis on ensuring digital connectivity and digitaldevices for students in education system of the country.“Revolution of the education in the country is imminent…So ensuring digitalconnectivity and…

Price hike halts all development works

20 m people seriously affected Golam Mostafa Jibon: Country’s infrastructural development works are being hampered drastically due to unbridled price hike of construction materials. If the situation continues, implementation of most mega projects like Padma bridge…