Bumper Aush yieldexpected in Jamalpur
Jamalpur Correspondent: Bumper production of Aush rice is being expected in Jamalpur this Kharip-1 season while 4,045 hectares of land brought under the crop cultivation with a production target of 10,611 tonnes of rice.According to the…
Read More »No easy bank loans
Said jobless expats Staff Correspondent: Left jobless due to corona pandemic last year a helpless Nurul Azim Babu returned from Dubai to his home in Chattagram, his future dark and gloomy.The money he had saved from…
Read More »51 districts at Covid risk zone now: DGHS
Already 50pc of ICU beds are filled up Staff Correspondent: Attempts are being made to increase antigen tests across the country as the rising coronavirus cases have turned 51 districts into risk zones, said Directorate General…
Read More »Ron Sikder loses NBL directorship
Staff Correspondent: Ron Haque Sikder, who was a director at the National Bank, lost his directorship post due to his loan defaulter status.The development came as the Bangladesh Bank on Sunday refused to extend his directorship…
Read More »Government launches food
nutrition security policyStaff Correspondent: The food ministry yesterday launched a decade-long plan for achieving the objectives of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (NFNSP). The food planning and monitoring unit of the food ministry in collaboration with…
Read More »59 investors want to run BD’s closed jute mills
Industry Desk: A year after shutting down all its state-owned jute mills, Bangladesh is now in the final stage of shortlisting bidders who sought to operate these once-vibrant factories under lease arrangements.Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC)…
Read More »Huge sufferings due to lack of public transports
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka city-dwellers, especially office-goers, have been suffering immensely due to the lack of public transports from yesterday morning.All kinds of public transports have remained suspended across the country due to a three-day lockdown beginning…
Read More »Pandemic cuts income of 77pc people in last 1.5 years
Expenditure increased by 6.31 per cent Finds CAB study Staff Correspondent: The income of 77 per cent of people in the country has declined due to the fallouts induced by Covid-19 in the last one and…
Read More »10 coal-fired power projects scrapped
As part of master plan revision Staff Correspondent: The government has dropped 10 coal-fired power plant projects, with total generation capacity of 8451 MW, as it seeks to revise the country’s power system master plan (PSMP),…
Read More »Govt receives 13,000 complaints against e-commerce firms, 10,000 settled
Staff Correspondent: The Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection (DNCRP) has thus far received more than 13,000 complaints against e-commerce companies in the country and settled about 10,000 of them, said Bablu Kumar Saha, director general…
Read More »PM seeks cooperation from all to fight Coronavirus
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation from all to effectively fight the second wave of the Coronavirus that increased infection and death rates recently.“We just want to say that we can be able…
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