Contractionary monetary policy to be unveiled today
Aim of reducing inflation Zarif Mahmud: While inflation is falling around the world, it is rising in Bangladesh. There is a dollar crisis in the market. There is no money in the banks. The main responsibility…
Read More »Debt repayment and cost saving major challenge
Finance Dept’s Performance Report Staff Correspondent: The finance department sees the big challenge in reducing debt and interest payments and sound management of public expenditure. Besides, keeping the pace of the economy normal is also identified…
Read More »Govt wants to ban 17 plastic products
Mahfuja Mukul: The government is taking initiatives to stop the use of 17 types of plastic products in the country. For this purpose, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has already issued a notification.Every…
Read More »UK announces £30,000 aid flood-affected communities
Staff Correspondent: The UK is providing £30,000 or Tk 4.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to support flood-affected communities in Sylhet, where over three million people have been impacted and 260,000 are displaced.The current flooding in…
Read More »National team stars Tawhid and Shoriful urge an end to bloodshed
Industry Desk: Tawhid Hridoy and Shoriful Islam, two stars of the Bangladesh national cricket team, took to social media to urge an end to the bloodshed surrounding the ongoing student protests. The protests, demanding reform of…
Read More »Foreign national detained with 4 kgs of Cocaine at Chattogram airport
Chattogram Correspondent: Law enforcement agencies arrested a Bahamian national along with 4 kgs of cocaine at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport on Monday.The arrestee was identified as Stelia Santayee. Mohammad Ibrahim, public relations officer of the…
Read More »Quota reform: Rail communication between Dhaka, rest of the country snapped
Industry Desk: Dhaka’s rail communications with other parts of the country have been suspended as quota protesters put up barricade on the level crossing in Dhaka’s Mohakhali.According to Ferdous Biswas , Officer-in-Charge of the Dhaka Railway…
Read More »Chinese Ambassador hails PM Hasina’s China visit as a “tremendous success”
International Desk: Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China as a “tremendous successful” one and highlighted four prominent features – higher, broader, pragmatic and consolidated. Firstly, Bangladesh-China…
Read More »Quota reform: Student dead in clash with police at Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya University
Rangpur Correspondent: A student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur was killed during a clash between quota protesters and police on the campus on Tuesday afternoon, said police . The deceased was identified as Abu Sayeed,…
Read More »Two killed in clash between quota protesters and BCL in Chattogram
Chattogram Correspondent: A violent clash between quota reform protesters and Chhatra League members in Chattogram’s Sholashohor to Muradpur area has resulted in the deaths of two individuals. Their bodies were taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital…
Read More »2 Bangladeshis shot dead by Indian civilians near Companiganj border
District Correspondent: Two Bangladeshis were killed by members of the Khasi community in India near border pillar number 1253 in Companiganj on Sunday evening. More than 24 hours later though, their bodies have not been handed…
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