Red tape slows 5G network dev project
Staff Correspondent: The project for developing an optical-fibre cable network to enable the fifth generation (5G) telecom services in the country has been delayed by months due to the malpractices of the recently suspended BTCL managing…
Read More »Value of Bangladesh currency lowered by Tk 18 in a year
Staff Correspondent: Dollar crisis has been going on in the country for almost two years. At present the price of this foreign currency is at its peak. In the open market, the retail dollar price stood…
Read More »All around stagnation for reducing imports
Zarif Mahmud: Imports are being strictly controlled due to the acute dollar crisis. At the same time, the price of the dollar is increasing. The import of industrial and commercial sector products including consumer goods has…
Read More »Dollar crisis going on in country
Staff Correspondent: There is a dollar crisis in the country for a long time. Such a situation has arisen mainly because of the Russia-Ukraine war. Smugglers are trying to smuggle dollars out of the country in…
Read More »Two bridges to build at cost of Tk 5,500 cr
Approved in ECNEC meeting Syed Nasir Hossain: The government has taken up the project of constructing two separate bridges over Meghna-Dhanagoda river in Chandpur and Arial Kha river in Barisal to improve the transportation system. The…
Read More »Costly rental power plants getting extension
Despite surplus capacity Staff Correspondent: Despite demand being nearly half of electricity generation capacity, the government continues to extend the tenure of costly rental power plants.The latest decision for extension of contract for a gas-based rental…
Read More »EC sought Tk 1,000cr for security deployment
Staff Correspondent: Approximately 650,000 members of law enforcement agencies are slated to fulfill their duties during the upcoming 12th National Assembly elections, according to a draft submitted to the Election Commission (EC) by the Ministry of…
Read More »Oppositions in fear of arrest
How a participatory poll will happen? Saleh Ahmed Hussain: After the BNP, the fear of arrest has spread among the companions of the simultaneous movement of the party. After the arrest of Syed Ehsanul Huda, the…
Read More »Manipulation of shares in 2 cos by subsiding info
Staff Correspondent: According to the rules, the shareholding of listed companies increases and decreases almost every month. Especially when the share price of the company fluctuates more, the amount of shares held by the institutional and…
Read More »Garment workers in fear of mass arrest
Owners sought factory protection Gazipur Correspondent: One of the hearts of Gazipur industrial area is Konabari area of Gazipur metropolis.Massive labor demonstrations and protests took place in these industrial areas demanding the withdrawal of the new…
Read More »PM opens Southeast Asia’s largest fertiliser factory
Narsingdi Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the newly constructed Ghorashal-Palash Urea Fertiliser Factory (GPUFF) in Narsingdi, the largest of its kind in the Southeast Asia, which is expected to help slash fertiliser imports significantly.She…
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