Despite the Covid pandemic Mahfuja Mukul: In the year 2021, a total of 15 companies have raised Tk 1,283.38 crore from the stock market despite the Covid-19 pandemic and dull economy.The entrepreneurs raised a record amount…

Worker migration to Malaysia may foil again

FBCCI complains Staff Correspondent: The chairman of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) standing committee, Dr. Mohammed Faruque complained that in the past, the entire process of sending manpower to Malaysia was…

660 MW LNG-based power plant to be set up in Ctg

Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) yesterday approved five power sector proposals, including setting up a gas or Regasified Liquified Natural Gas (RLNG) based 660 MW power plant at Mirsharaiupazila in Chattogram.The approval…

Students should be taught coding-programming: Dipu

Staff Correspondent: Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni yesterday said we have to be technology-friendly and efficient. That is why students need to be introduced to technology from an early age. Coding, programming should be taught from…

Legal action against DSHE if fails to submit probe report by Feb: ACC

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday asked the Directorate of Secondary Education (DSHE) to submit probe reports by February over 184 allegations transferred by the anti-graft body.ACC came up with the deadline after a review…

E-commerce clients to get back money in January

Mahfuja Mukul: The country’s e-commerce companies have played a pivotal role in getting products at home during the height of the coronavirus epidemic. But in less than a year, this sector has become the most criticized…

1,324 MW power added to gridline in 2021

Staff Correspondent: For an electricity-surplus nation like Bangladesh, Covid as well as inadequate transmission infrastructure seem to be the biggest threat to its resilient power sector and the country’s aggressive economic growth targets.This inference can be…

Rehab fair fetches Tk 400 cr booking

Staff Correspondent: The buyers have booked flats and plots worth around Tk 400 crore for the five-day REHAB Winter Housing Fair-2021 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital. About Tk 1,500 crore has come to…

PM returns home

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived yesterdayafternoon wrapping up her maiden six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives.“A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premierand her entourage members arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International…

Rising inflation hurts rural people more than urban : BBS

Industry Desk: Rising trends of inflation has forced rural people to spend more to buy goods than urban dwellers, said a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).The BBS report said the average inflation in rural…

Solve the problem of migrant workers

Experts in webinar Diplomatic Correspondent: Speakers at a webinar titled ‘Issues Related to Migrant Workers in Brunei’ underscored the necessity and importance of addressing the migrant workers’ issue and called for improving the conditions of the…