Uncertainty over timely implementation of Metrorail project
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic Golam Mostafa Jibon:Uncertainty is prevailing over the implementation of Metrorail project in scheduled time as most of the workers under the project have been infected with the Delta variant of coronavirus that…
Read More »Auatralia’s shameful defeat to Bangladesh
Sports Desk: Bangladesh humiliated Australia with a 60-run win in the fifth and final Twenty20 to win the series 4-1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur yesterday.All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took 4-9 while Mohammad Saifuddin, playing…
Read More »LTU realizes Tk 1,056cr arrear tax in FY21
Staff Correspondent: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under the National Board of Revenue (NBR) realized Tk 1,056 crore as arrear income tax in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the COVID-19 pandemic.This collection of arrear income…
Read More »Apparel exporters voice concern over rising yarn prices
Industry Desk:Apparel exporters have voiced their concerns over the increase in yarn prices, especially in the local market.Retail sales have grown sharply in Europe and the USA as stores are opening following mass vaccination there, and…
Read More »Ship breakers default on Tk 10,000cr in 8 years
Industry Desk: The Chattogram-based steel and ship breaking industry has defaulted on Tk10,000 crore in the last eight years, thanks to a borrowing spree from banks in the sector’s good times, from 2008 to 2012.Banks say…
Read More »Another ferry hits Padma Bridge pillar
Staff Correspondent: Another ferry hit a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge yesterday.The ferry named Bir Srestho Jahangir hit the 10th pillar of the bridge, BIWTA Chairman Md Tajul Islam told.The BIWTA chairman said the incident…
Read More »Banks return to normal operation hours from tomorrow
Staff Correspondent: Banks will operate normally from tomorrow with customers’ transaction time from 10 am to 4 pm instead of current hours of 10 am to 2:30 pm.The Bangladesh Bank issued a new circular yesterday saying…
Read More »New gas field found in Sylhet
It holds 68b cubic feet reserve: Nasrul Hamid Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday formally announced Zakiganj as the country 28th gas field having 68 billion cubic feet of…
Read More »Production for insulators, sanitary products using domestic raw materials stressed
Staff Correspondent: Industries Secretary Zakia Sultana yesterday underscored the need for producing insulators and sanitary products using domestic raw materials instead of imported raw materials.“For this purpose, arrangements have to be made for the production of…
Read More »Bangamata contributed to take exact political decision timely: PM
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib had contributed to taking right political decisions timely for the country alongside managing her house and family.“. . . Bangamata not only managed…
Read More »Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed
Staff Correspondent: The 91st birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed yesterday in a befitting manner across the country.The theme of the day…
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