Remittance flows from Saudi, US decreased
Staff Correspondent: In the first 9 months of the current financial year, the remittance flow to Bangladesh from the United States, which ranked first in remittances or expatriate income last fiscal year, has decreased. A decrease…
Read More »Panicked depositors withdrawing money
Over Tk 2000cr withdrawn from Basic Bank; Tk 100 cr from BDBL Zarif Mahmud : A kind of panic has spread in the entire banking sector centered on the process of merging the weak with the…
Read More »Krishnachura colours Bangladesh
Industry Desk: Naysayers will disagree, though. I shall too, let my scepticism rest for some parts of Dhaka, especially at this time of year, pointing out to the exorbitant Krishnachura blooms that have adorned our city.Indeed,…
Read More »Padma now turned into a small canal
Due to impact of Farakka Mahfuz Emran: Several rivers, including the Padma, are dying, disappearing and adversely affecting the country’s climate. Now the name of a river written only in the pages of history is Padma.…
Read More »Hajj of 28,000pilgrims are uncertain
Rabiul Haque: Hajj flights start one month before Hajj every year. Prior to that, the Ministry of Religion and the airlines completed the work related to visas and flight schedules of the pilgrims. However, the visa…
Read More »ERD in search of foreign aid
Staff Correspondent: Government takes up projects under Annual Development Program (ADP) every fiscal year. There is no shortage of efforts to implement foreign aided projects in addition to own financing. That is why foreign aided projects…
Read More »Very severe heat wave grips parts of country
Staff Correspondent: Very severe heat wave is sweeping over north, north-east and north-west districts of the country and severe heat wave is sweeping Dhaka and Khulna divisions and the district of Rajshahi, said a met office…
Read More »Unpaid electricity bill stood at Tk 60,000cr
Syed Nasir Hossain: At the end of last January, the amount of unpaid bills for electricity imports from India including government and private power generation companies, Adani, stood at around Tk 60 thousand crores.In this situation,…
Read More »Crisis will increase in the economy
Farhad Chowdhury: One after another global shock is felt on the country’s economy and trade. The shock started in 2020 with the Corona pandemic. After that Russia-Ukraine war, Palestine-Israel war also damaged Bangladesh. The latest Iran-Israel…
Read More »Heatwave disrupts normalcy of life
-3 died of heat stroke -Edu institutions closed-Mercury shoot upto 43 degree Mahfuz Emran: Three people died due to heat stroke in Pabna and Chuadanga districts due to intense fire. They died on Saturday (April 20).The…
Read More »Dhaka residents suffer as mercury reaches 40.4°C
Staff Correspondent: Amid the increasing of temperature across the country, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, on Saturday recorded a maximum temperature of 40.4°C.The temperature in the capital city increased by 2°C on Saturday compared to…
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