Asian countries most affected by climate change: UN
Industry Desk: Due to various disasters caused by climate change, the countries of the Asian continent have suffered the most in 2023.This information was mentioned in a report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN’s…
Read More »Paddy at risk of heat shock
Fearing loss of over Tk 1000 cr Zarif Mahmud: Mild to severe heat waves are sweeping across the country. In addition to peoples lives, crops are also affected. During the current Boro season, paddy heatstroke or…
Read More »Merger of City Bank and Basic Bank
Shareholder’s statement Prof. Abu Ahmed: I am a small shareholder of City Bank. I have been a shareholder of this bank for more than a century. A few years ago, when IFC, the investment wing of…
Read More »Bangladesh, Qatar sign 5 agreements, 5 MoUs
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh and Qatar yesterday signed five agreements and five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to enhance mutual cooperation between the two countries.The agreements are: avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect…
Read More »20 pc of REB loan to be spent for interest payment
Farhad Chowdhury: Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) is implementing projects to supply electricity to rural areas of the country with loans from various sources. Among them, the amount of foreign debt is the highest. Every year,…
Read More »60,000 restaurants evading VAT in BD
Needs to conduct regular raids Zarif Mahmud: The restaurant business is booming now. It is running all over the country, including the capital Dhaka, at every corner of the small and big roads, and even in…
Read More »Subsidy likely to be reduced significantly in budget
Farhad Chowdhury: A large amount of subsidy is allocated in the national budget every year. Agriculture sector, power-fuel and social security sectors are mostly subsidized. The donor agency International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been raising objections…
Read More »More 2 m poor to be included in budget
Mahfuz Emran: The underprivileged, neglected and marginalized groups of a country are protected in various ways through the social safety net. Social safety nets play a key role in building the welfare state. For that purpose,…
Read More »No water, despite spening hundreds of crore Taka
Teesta irrigation project Mohiuddin Farazi: Due to lack of water, more than 39 thousand hectares of land in the Teesta irrigation project area is out of irrigation. Although there is no guarantee of water in this…
Read More »Heatwave alert extended for 3 more days
Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has extended the heat alert for three more days from Monday.Meteorologists MdBazlur Rahman said the prevailing extreme heatwave may linger in the country for the next 72-hour starting from…
Read More »Depositors fearing bank mergers
Withdrawing savings Mahfuja Mukul : Panic has spread throughout the banking sector over the merger of strong with weak banks. Especially the depositors are suffering from the dilemma of whether or not to keep money in…
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