Taliban in control of Afghanistan, panic in Kabul
International Desk: The Taliban were in control of Afghanistan yesterday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war.The astonishingly quick collapse of the government, with militants taking over…
Read More »BD is seventh largest importer of textiles globally: WTSR
Industry Desk:According to the World Trade Statistical Review 2021 (WTSR), Bangladesh became the seventh largest importer of textiles globally last year even as the report cited that in 2020 Bangladesh’s import of textiles from the other…
Read More »Dhaka, Beijing sign deal
Co-production of Vaccine Staff Correspondent: In a major development towards vaccine cooperation, Dhaka and Beijing formally signed a deal yesterday for co-producing Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh.Bangladesh signed the tripartite agreement with Chinese company Sinopharm and…
Read More »AFD to provide Bangladesh $50m loan for energy sector
Staff Correspondent:A loan agreement was signed under which the French Development Agency (AFD), France would provide 50 million soft loans to Bangladesh for the ‘Energy efficiency, renewable energy, and Women Entrepreneurship’ linked projects.Fatima Yasmin, secretary, Economic…
Read More »12 officers quizzed by ACC on fraud at FAS Finance
Industry Desk: Some12 FAS Finance officials were quizzed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) about the purported fraud committed by Prashant Kumar (PK) Haldar, former managing director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), who fled…
Read More »August 15 is a scandalous chapter in nation’s history
Staff Correspondent: President Md Abdul Hamid has said August 15 is regarded as a scandalous chapter in the history of Bengali nation as on this fateful night of 1975, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Read More »PM for turning grief of loss of Bangabandhu into strength
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all for turning the grief of the loss of Bangabandhu into strength to build a non-communal, hunger-poverty free prosperous Golden Bangladesh as dreamt by the Father of…
Read More »Unbridled price hike of construction materials barring development
Golam Mostafa Jibon:Unbridled price hike of different construction materials particularly rod and cement has caused of serious obstruction to the country’s development activities during the corona pandemic.Contractors said, they cannot adjust with the previous contracts of…
Read More »Nation to observe National Mourning Day today
Staff Correspondent: The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day and 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today (15 August) in a befitting manner with due respect.Father of…
Read More »Stock market regulator raises limit for loan against investment
Staff Correspondent: People can now take loans up to 80 per cent of their investment in the stock market if the benchmark index crosses past 7,000 points and stays in between 8,000.Earlier, investors were allowed to…
Read More »BD still 2nd largest exporter of RMG
Industry Desk: With apparel export earnings of $15.91 billion, Bangladesh reclaimed its second position as RMG products exporters from Vietnam during the January-June period of 2021.In 2020, Bangladesh lost its second position in terms of clothing…
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