SPM for fuel supply to save Tk 800cr yearly
Industry Desk:With installation of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) having double pipeline facility to supply imported fuel at Moheshkhali island, the government will save at least Tk 800 crore per annum.“Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) initiated the…
Read More »Next step of digital Bangladesh is cashless society: Joy
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday said that the next step of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society to ensure transparency, accountability and mobility in financial transactions.“The next dream…
Read More »Saudi wants to invest in BJMC’s closed jute mills
Industry Desk: Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi said that Saudi Arabia is keen to invest in Bangladesh to operate Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC)’s closed jute mills.Saudi Arabia ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yussef Essa…
Read More »4 years of Rohingya crisis
Int’l community needs to increase efforts for safe repatriation Staff Correspondent:On August 25, 2017, more than 11 lakh Rohingyas crossed the border and took refuge in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar in the face…
Read More »PM directs to vaccinate industrial workers with family members
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take a separate program to bring the industrial workers and their family members under the Covid-19 vaccination coverage as soon as possible.She also ordered…
Read More »Dhaka’s air full of toxic black smoke
Unfit vehicles plying on City’s roads randomly Golam Mostafa Jibon:Black smoke emitting from unfit vehicles especially from old and date expired buses has become cause of serious health hazard to the city dwellers due to lack…
Read More »6 Dhaka hospitals declared as Dengue-dedicated
Staff Correspondent: Amid the worrying rise in Dengue patients in hospitals, Directorate General of the Health Services (DGHS) yesterday announced six hospitals of Dhaka as Dengue- dedicated ones.A notification signed by Director of Management Information System…
Read More »Banana cultivation gains popularity in Panchagarh
Panchagarh Correspondent: Banana cultivation is gaining popularity in the district as its cultivation is more lucrative and less expensive.Banana is cultivated especially on abandoned and high land here while many farmers cultivated it commercially.Farmers have already…
Read More »China, Pakistan and India compete for own position
New Great Game in Afghanistan Ibrahim Khalil:In the nineteenth century, the Russian and British empires fought for Afghanistan, and in the twentieth century, the United States and the Soviet Union fought. The new Great Game sees…
Read More »MoU signed among three parties
Stabilizing yarn price Staff Correspondent:The maximum price for the 30 most used single card in the garment sector will be $4.20 per kg of yarn. As a result, spinning mills that are selling yarn at slightly…
Read More »BD to continue registration as new doses arrive
No more ‘mass’ vaccination Staff Correspondent: The government ceases the “mass” vaccination for COVID-19 as the supply of doses dwindles, but will continue registration as new shipments arrive.“We can’t use the word ‘mass’ to describe the…
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