LPG gets costlier by Tk 226 per 12-Kg container
BERC announces new price for private operators’ products Staff Correspondent: Consumers will have to pay a higher price of Tk 226 to buy a 12-kg container of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from yesterday as the energy…
Read More »Price hike: Common people are the worst sufferers
Golam Mostafa Jibon: The suffering of common people has increased doubled due to skyrocket of essential commodities’ prices.Sources said, the prices of essential commodities have almost doubled in less than a week. Ordinary people have lost…
Read More »PM opens Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant’s reactor installation work
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated reactor pressure vessel installation work of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), calling the day as “very important” for the country and herself as well.“Today is a very…
Read More »Malaysia lifts travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people
Industry Desk: Malaysia yesterday lifted interstate and international travel restrictions for residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as the country achieved its target of inoculating 90% of its adult population.Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government…
Read More »WHO okays vaccination of those below 18 in BD
Staff Correspondent: The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the vaccination of those who are under 18 years of age in Bangladesh, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.“I’ve met WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and…
Read More »Swiss entrepreneurs keen to invest in leather industry
Staff Correspondent: Swiss entrepreneurs have expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh’s leather industry.Ambassador of Switzerland in Dhaka Nathalie Chuard expressed his country’s interest in this regard while meeting with Industries Ministry Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun…
Read More »Turkey is keen to invest in BD Railway: Envoy
Staff Correspondent: Turkish Ambassador here Mustafa Osman Turan yesterday expressed his country’s keenness to invest in the railway sector in Bangladesh.The envoy expressed the willingness when he paid a courtesy call on Railways Minister Md Nurul…
Read More »BB rejects Padma Bank’s plea to merge with state lender
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has rejected a proposal to bail out Padma Bank, a lender riddled with scams and irregularities, and advised it to seek investment from abroad.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal had previously indicated that…
Read More »Bangladesh becomes one of fastest growing economies in world: ICCB
Industry Desk: Over the past five decades, Bangladesh has transformed itself from being a ‘Basket Case’ to one of the fastest growing economies in the world, said International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) at its current…
Read More »Environmentalists demand effective step to stop use of polythene, plastic
A human chain was formed in front of the National Meseum Golam Mostafa Jibon: Speakers at a human chain stressed the need for immediate steps to stop random use of plastic and polythene shopping bags with…
Read More »Most customs houses fail to achieve revenue collection target
Golam Mostafa Jibon:Most of the customs houses in the country could not achieve the revenue collection target. On the contrary, the shortage of these customs houses is increasing day by day.In the first six months of…
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