Potatoes are now costlier than rice
Kilogram Tk 60 Staff Correspondent: Just two years ago, on June 3, 2022, the price of per kg potatoin the country was Tk 18-22. A year ago on June 3, 2023, potato was Tk 36-40 per…
Read More »IFIC Bank ex-MD Sarwar helped 2 cos to launder Tk 10 b
In name of importing capital machinery Staff Correspondent: Top management of IFIC Bank headed by its immediate past Managing Director Shah Alam Sarwar and some board members has patronized many customers to launder money in the…
Read More »Power capacity charge becomes thorn in neck!
Zarif Mahmud: Power Development Board (PDB) has to pay capacity charges regularly for private sector power plants. Although licenses are given on the condition that 80 to 85 percent capacity will be used, these centers are…
Read More »Teesta barrage to be secret agenda in Beijing talk
Foreign Secy level meeting Rabiul Haque: There is an invisible tension between China and India over the Teesta Barrage project in Bangladesh. China wants to finance here. But India has always objected to various indications. Recently…
Read More »Budget must reduce inflationary pressure
Says Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam Staff Correspondent: Prominent economist and former advisor to the caretaker government AB Mirza Azizul Islam said that the national budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25 is coming at a…
Read More »Tk 3,621 crore cash wentoutside bank in a month
Depositors fearing risk in bank Zarif Mahmud: The amount of cash held by people outside the banks has also increased significantly. At the end of March, the amount of cash held by people outside the banking…
Read More »CAAB shows method of saving passengers from fire incident
Staff Correspondent: A drill was held at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on how quickly control and evacuate passengers safely if an aircraft catches fire. The exercise was held recently as part of the exercise that is…
Read More »Vigorous campaign of traffic in Motijheel to evict street hawkers
Staff Correspondent: As hawkers occupy a large portion of inadequate roads in Dhaka mega city, public life has come to a standstill, and thousands of working hours have been wasted with a very negative impact on…
Read More »Bangladesh losing debt repayment capability
Decreasing reserves, increasing debt Mahfuja Mukul: Bangladesh’s foreign debt has been increasing rapidly for several years. However, during this period, private debt increased at a slightly lower rate. However, the foreign debt of the public sector…
Read More »Hidden money vs black money
Enayet Karim: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) provides an opportunity to whiten undisclosed money or black money without question by paying a certain amount of tax in different fiscal years. But if one does not…
Read More »IFIC Bank ex-MD Sarwar rewarded
For unprecedented unethical works Staff Correspondent: Former Managing Director Shah AlamSarwar has failed to improve the financial health of IFIC Bank but was able to help some of the board members, whether legally or illegally. He…
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