Multinational cos plan to cut suppliers who fail to curb carbon emission
UNB: Some 78 per cent multinational companies plan to remove by 2025 suppliers that endanger their carbon transition plan according to a study by Standard Chartered.According to Carbon Dated, which looks at the risks and opportunities…
Read More »Train tickets available at counters across country
Staff Correspondent: The sale of train tickets began at counter of the railway stations across the country yesterday after a two-month closure due to coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic.At the same time, online train tickets are being…
Read More »Drugmakers fetch 40pc production growth
12 pc export surge in 8-month Mahfuz Emran: The pharmaceutical manufacturers of the country have witnessed a business boom due to the Covid catastrophe over the world. On an average the production and revenue of the…
Read More »Rice import target still on uncertainty
Indian variant of corona hits import Golam Mostafa Jibon: Uncertainty to meet the target of rice import from abroad has been created again due to recent military coup in Myanmar and sudden rising of incidences from…
Read More »Tk 13,987.27 cr supplementary budget passed
Staff Correspondent: Parliament yesterday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 13,987.27 crore for the fiscal 2020-21 to meet the increased expenditures under 19 different ministries and divisions.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the supplementary budget in…
Read More »Process underway to buy 1.0 cr doses of Sputnik V vaccine’
Staff Correspondent: Health Minister Zahid Malek has said that a process is underway to buy one crore doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.The minister said this while responding to a question of Asim Kumar Ukil,…
Read More »Chattogram waterlogging a never-ending problem
Ayub Ali from Chattogram: Though a number of initiatives have been taken over the years to address Chittagong city’s waterlogging problem, many of those have apparently gone down the drain due to a lack of coordinated…
Read More »Both ruling, opposition parties must support Liberation War: Hasan
Staff Correspondent: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said both the ruling party and the opposition should be in favour of the Liberation War.“After 50 years of independence in any country, those who were…
Read More »Climate Change to get priority in Bangladesh
ADB proposes more support Industry Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) must now prioritise climate change, while continuing to support economic recovery and the COVID-19 vaccination program in Bangladesh, says a report released by ADB’s Independent…
Read More »Tk 1,400cr project to construct 30 paddy silos
Staff Correspondent: The government has initiated a big move to construct some 30 silos across the country having facility of paddy drying, preservation and other related facilities with an overall storage capacity of 1.50 lakh metric…
Read More »Zero tolerance for corruption in financial sector: Kamal
Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday told Parliament that 15 laws will be enacted within the next one year as the government is pursuing a zero-tolerance policy against irregularities in the financial sector.“I would…
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