Dhaka Trade Fair ends with $ 16 m export order
Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said the country can attain the export target of US$51 billion by making quality products and their diversification.He was addressing the closing ceremony of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)…
Read More »Expansion of clean energy must for balanced development
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said expansion of clean energy is a must for balanced development.“Balance distribution of modern technology for increasing the use of renewable energy is…
Read More »Every village to be brought under fibre optic cable by 2025: Palak
Staff Correspondent: High-speed internet will be provided to every village in the country through fibre optic cable connections by 2025, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said.He made the remarks during…
Read More »UNHCR, WFP welcome new funding from Japan to support Rohingyas in Bhasan Char
Diplomatic Correspondent: The government of Japan has extended an emergency aid grant of US$2 million to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to complement the humanitarian response led by the…
Read More »Pakistan’s textile exports to surge as BD, India lag behind
Industry Desk: The textile sector of Pakistan is all set to swell due to record exports after gaining an edge over its South Asian competitors amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The country’s textile exports are expected to surge…
Read More »Blank cheques recovered from Evaly’s locker
Industry Desk: The management committee, appointed by the High Court, has recovered some blank cheques by breaking one of the two lockers in the controversial e-commerce company Evaly’s Dhanmondi office.Ninety-seven cheque books of Midland Bank and…
Read More »Ex-OC Pradip, Liakat Ali sentenced to death for killing Major Sinha
Staff Correspondent: A Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced two ex-police personnel – former Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali – to death for the murder of Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.Six other suspects in…
Read More »Street children insane in Dandy
Industry Desk: A huge number of street children in the capital are alarmingly getting addicted through glue-sniffing that is popularly called ‘Dandy’ which dissolves the membrane of brain cells and causes hallucinations.“Dandy makes me sleep easier…
Read More »Tk 606 cr loss incurred by
selling Tk 206 cr sugarScenario of govt sugar mills Mahfuja Mukul: Over Tk 606 crore loss incurred by selling sugar for only Tk 206 crore annually. This picture is of Shampur Sugar Mill, a state-owned company listed on the stock…
Read More »The curse of default loans
Financial insts facing crisis Golam Mostafa Jibon: Country’s financial institutions are facing severe crisis for rising of default loans. As a result, confidence of the clients in this sector is declining gradually.At the end of September…
Read More »BD to give vaccines to people above 12 and boosters to anyone over 40
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh will give COVID-19 vaccine shots to everyone aged 12 or older and booster shots of the vaccine to anyone 40 years and up, says Health Minister Zahid Maleque.The health minister also spoke of…
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