Staff Correspondent: Basic Bank is one of the loss-making state-owned banks. Basic Bank’s loss amounted to Tk 361 crore. The bank has been asked to bring down its loss to Tk 400 crore in the current…

DSE lost Tk 16,397 cr capital in 2 weeks

Staff Correspondent: The country’s stock market has passed with a big drop last week. As a result, the market capitalization of the main stock market Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has decreased by Tk 10,000 crore. Through…

Russia to lose 80pc of its foreign assists

Enayet Karim: The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) is a secure network for transmitting messages of Brussels-based interbank financial transactions. Russia could ban Swift transactions if attacks on Ukraine are not stopped. Sanctions from…

Zelensky accepts Putin’s proposal

Ready for peace talks International Desk: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal and is ready to negotiate peace and a ceasefire, Zelensky’s press secretary Sergey Nikiforovsaid yesterday.“I have to refute allegations…

3,500 Russian troops killed

Russia claims control of Ukrainian cities International Desk: The Ukraine military says more than 3,500 Russian troops have been killedin fighting with Ukrainian troops, according to a post on social media Facebook. In addition, about 200…

Both China and Korea
interested to finance

Chittagong Metrorail Ayub Ali with Mahfuja Mukul: Work on the country’s first metro rail project began in Dhaka in June 2016. After that, discussions started about making metro rail in port city Chittagong. The discussion that…

Efforts to increase gas electricity water tariffs create anger

Golam Mostafa Jibon: Despite the reduction of people’s income during the corona pandemic, the evil effort to increase the prices of gas, electricity and water is going on throwing the low- and middle-income group of people…

Tourism under threat for Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent: The tourism industry in Cox’s Bazar is under serious threat due to the increasing movement of Rohingyas. Especially, after the Rohingyas took refuge in Ukhiya Teknaf, its negative impact on the tourism industry of…

Bangladesh will lead global
apparel market by 2023

Achieving $50 b export benchmark Zarif Mahmud: Bangladesh is going to be global apparel market leader by the year 2023 by achieving US$ 50 billion export-earning benchmark. Moreover, most of the raw materials will be produced…

Rising food prices despite record stocks defies analysis

Staff Correspondent: The food stock of Bangladesh has reached a new height of 20 lakh tons, with warehouses full of rice and wheat. Despite that, food prices are soaring.Market analysts and Food Ministry officials are mystified…

TCB line getting longer ahead
of Ramadan

Middle class joining in the line of poor, ultra poor Golam Mostafa Jibon : The line of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is getting longer day by day as the prices of all necessary commodities are…