CPD finds 5.3 pc inflation unrealistic as cost goes up
Industry Desk: The 5.3 per cent inflation target, set by Bangladesh Bank’s new monetary policy, is not realist as it has been estimated on the basis of a consumption basket developed 16 years ago since when…
Read More »Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment to Covid patients with mild complications as hospitals are under an unprecedented crisis with huge patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.“Already…
Read More »RMG leaders plan to start vaccination from 8 August
Workers back to work without vaccination Staff Correspondent: After Eid-ul Azha, 90 percent workers of the apparel industry backed to their Jobs. But almost all the workers yet not vaccinated. The leaders of the industry said,…
Read More »Govt moves to boost climate resilience of vulnerable people
Staff Correspondent: The government is finalising a project aimed at enhancing the climate resilience of vulnerable communities who live on coastal islands and riverine chars in the country.The project titled, ‘Adaptation Initiative for Climate Vulnerable Offshore…
Read More »Dhaka’s traffic overload not ends even in lockdown!
UNB: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is known for its traffic congestion. One will see it, no matter whether there is a shutdown or bad weather because its chaotic traffic — still too mild a term…
Read More »Small entrepreneurs being deprived of govt incentives
COVID-19 Pandemic Golam Mostafa Jibon:Big merchants are getting benefits of the incentive packages announced by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to revive the country’s economy, while small entrepreneurs including owners of cottage, small, medium and small…
Read More »July RMG export downs by 16pc
Industry Desk: Bangladesh exported apparel worth $2.60 billion from 1-30 July this year, down from $3.08 billion last year, according to data collected by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).Due to the combined effects…
Read More »Duck farming delights many villagers in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Bureau: Duck farming has made fortunes of many people in both rural and urban areas because they are relying on it as an effective means of attaining economic emancipation.Rubel Islam, 35, who used to sell…
Read More »Antibodies made in 98pc of AstraZeneca vaccine recipients
BSMMU study Staff Correspondent: Antibodies have been found in 98 percent of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine recipients in the country.The information came up in a study on vaccines published by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University (BSMMU) at 11 am…
Read More »China sends draft MoU over vaccine co-production
Staff Correspondent: Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said China has sent the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-production of its Sinopharm COVID vaccine with a local pharmaceutical here.“We have already sent the draft…
Read More »Incentive loans not for use in unproductive sectors: BB
Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks not to provide loans for unproductive sectors under the Covid-19 stimulus packages. The central bank issued the directive to the heads and managing directors of all financial…
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