BPC earns record profit
Oil price high in Bangladesh but low in int’l market Farhad Chowdhury : Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is making profit as the price of fuel oil is at a bearable level in the world market. The…
Read More »Banks crying for liquidity interest rate shooting up
Mahfuz Emran : At least a dozen banks are facing severe liquidity crunch due to irregularities, corruption and lack of confidence. Some of these banks are in very fragile condition.Apart from Bangladesh Bank, these banks borrow…
Read More »Production costs in Payra increased 3-time in 3-yr
Zakir Mahmud Salim : The first unit of Payra power plant started production in December 2020. After the commissioning of the second unit in May 2021, power generation started at full speed at the plant. In…
Read More »Commodity market heats up after polls
Staff Correspondent : After the election, the daily goods market has become hot. Prices of most products including rice and flour have increased. The prices of meat and vegetables have increased relatively high. In this situation,…
Read More »Bangladesh earn $273m but spend $1.20b yearly
For tourism purposes Zarif Mahmud: Bangladesh is expected to receive 0.26 million foreign tourists in the calendar year 2024, up from 0.5 million in 2023, said Statista, a Germany-based online platform for data gathering and visualization,…
Read More »Ministers asked to control essentials’ price
Hasina holds informal meeting of new cabinet Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the newly appointed ministers to take required measures for keeping essentials prices under control during upcoming Holy Ramadan.“Holy Ramadan is nearing,…
Read More »72 MPs enter parliament with less than 20pc votes
Staff Correspondent: Overall, the Jatiya Party candidates got 21,68,221 votes across the country which is 4.33 per cent of the total votes cast in the 12th parliamentary election.Asked, JaPa secretary general Mujibul Haque claimed to media…
Read More »Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh’s PM for 5th term
Staff Correspondent : Sheikh Hasina was on Thursday sworn-in as the prime minister of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive term – the fifth overall – after she led her Awami League party to a massive victory…
Read More »25 ministers, 11 state ministers take oath
Staff Correspondent : Twenty-five ministers and 11 state ministers took oath as members of the new cabinet on Thursday.President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the ministers held at Bangabhaban at 7pm.The ministers are AKM MozammelHaque,…
Read More »Mohammad A. Arafat made state minister for information & broadcasting
Staff Correspondent : Mohammad Ali Arafat, a lawmaker from Dhaka-17, has been given the charge of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ministry, after half an hour a 37-member council of minister took oath at Bangabhaban…
Read More »Bangladesh passport downgraded further
Staff Correspondent: The 2024 edition of Henley Passport Index — the most widely-accepted rating of global travel documents — placed the Bangladeshi passport at 97th position, down one place from the last quarter of 2023.The latest…
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