Capacity charge poses risk to consumers
More power plants than demand Zarif Mahmud : The government is increasing the production capacity compared to the demand of electricity. As a result, regular capacity charges have to be paid even if power is not…
Read More »Annual profits from forced labour amount to $ 236 b : ILO
Industry Desk : Forced labour in the private economy generates US$236 billion in illegal profits per year, a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found.The total amount of illegal profits from forced labour…
Read More »One ICU bed for one million people
Syed Nasir Hossain : How fragile Bangladesh’s health care is needless to say. The coronavirus showed it with a finger in the eye. However, the health care picture of the country has not improved much. In…
Read More »Foreign debt to be doubled in 2 years
Mahfuja Mukul : In the financial year 2022-23, the government has spent Tk 26,803 crores in the payment of principal and interest on foreign loans. The estimate of the economic relations department of the government is…
Read More »Global Economist Forum (GEF)
Presidentof Global Economist Forum (GEF), a United Nations general member organization and Editor of Daily Industry Dr Enayet Karim yesterday called on Planning Minister Major General Abdus Salam, recd, psc (retd), MP (left) and State Minister…
Read More »Agriculture Marketing dept not empowered to implement fixing price of commodities
Mahfuz Emran : The minimum and reasonable price of agricultural produce is determined by the Directorate of Agriculture Marketing. With that power, this organization of the government has recently fixed the prices of a total of…
Read More »Bangladesh tops air pollution in 2023
Staff Correspondent : In 2023, the air pollution rate is highest in these three countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India-South Asia.The data released on Tuesday (March 19) showed that the amount of particulate matter in the…
Read More »Veteran social worker Aziz Mollick is no more
Special Correspondent: Alhaj Azizul Haque Mollick (Aziz Mollick), a prominent politician and social worker of Shariatpur, breathed his last at Asgar Ali Hospital in Dhaka at around 1:30 PM on Tuesday (Inna Lillahi WaInna Ilaihi Rajeun).…
Read More »Young Economists’ Forum hosted EconProdigy
The Young Economists’ Forum successfully hosted the sixth edition of EconProdigy this year. EconProdigy is the first inter-university policy-making competition in Bangladesh. It is a platform for undergraduate students across different universities of the country to…
Read More »Majority of share market investors lose capital
-Facing confidence crisis-Market lost Tk 76,000cr-Index lost 500 points Mahfuja Mukul: The country’s stock market has been in a bad state for a long time. Even after turning around for a few days, the stock market…
Read More »Most growers in food insecurity
Mahfuz Emran : Those who produce foods are in the most food insecurity. This problem is more common in farming families than in any other profession. About 26.13 percent of households producing food grains through agriculture…
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