One billion South Asians face climate change risks : Study
Rafiqul Islam Azad : A groundbreaking study conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) has revealed alarming findings: approximately one billion people in South Asia are currently…
Read More »Renowned personality Aziz Mollick buried in Shariatpur
Staff Reporter: Alhaj Azizul Haque Mollick (Aziz Mollick), a renowned personality of Shariatpur, distinguished politician and social worker was laid to rest after funeral prayers at his village home Manua of Bhedarganj Upazila of Shariatpur district…
Read More »Health ministry officials use dept cars
31 vehicles of Health Department using Ministry Staff Correspondent : A total of 31 vehicles of the Department of Health are being used personally by the officials and employees of the Ministry of Health and Family…
Read More »Millions of investors have lost capital
Securities market lost confidence Mahfuz Emran : Disaster is going on in the stock market. The market has come down to the bottom. Millions of investors have lost everything. In the last 7 working days, the…
Read More »PDB’s outstanding bill stands at Tk 59,507cr
Farhad Chowdhury : The amount of outstanding bills in the electricity sector is increasing. At the end of the last financial year, the outstanding electricity bills of public and private centers and imported from India were…
Read More »Tk 26 cr allegedly misused to buy Russian wheat
Staff Correspondent : A total of 300,000 tonnes of wheat is being imported officially (G2G) from the Russian government. The price of wheat has been fixed at $288 per ton. However, five days before this, it…
Read More »Tk 288 cr more proposed than Mawa Expressway
Per km construction cost 11.45 km Ctg Port Bay-Terminal road Zarif Mahmud : The Directorate of Roads and High Ways has taken the initiative to construct an 11.45 km long road from Chittagong Port’s Bay-Terminal to…
Read More »Govt to give Tk 1039cr to four project including Matarbari Port
Staff Correspondent : The Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement has approved four proposals of the Ministry of Shipping, including one for the purchase of various facilities and equipment under the Matarbari Port Development Project and three…
Read More »IMF wants mandatory online filing of corporate tax returns
Staff Correspondent : To increase revenue collection, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested the introduction of online filing of income tax returns by large companies from the middle of this year. The agency has recommended…
Read More »Market turmoil over fair prices of agri-products
Staff Correspondent : There is a child’s play about fixing the prices of 29 products of the Department of Agriculture Marketing. Nowhere in the country, including the capital, has the effect of determining ‘reasonable prices’. On…
Read More »Potato prices on rise again in Hili
Hili Correspondent : The price of potato has increased again in Hili of Dinajpur. The price of potato in the wholesale market increased by Tk 5-6 per kg during the week. Traders are blaming the downward…
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