Car insurance to be mandatory again
Zarif Mahmud: The type of car insurance is changing. Not first party or third party as before, new insurance policies are coming for cars with new names. All registered vehicle owners must have this insurance compulsorily.The…
Read More »$100 billion Bangladesh Development Bond coming to market by 2025
Mahfuz Mahmud with Zarif Mahmud : The Global Economist Forum (GEF) with the support of multi-national investors including the Global Development Bank (GDB) has planned to launch US$100 billion Bangladesh Development Mega Bond by the year…
Read More »Dev work of 63 municipalities under IUGIP progress
Staff Correspondent: The project work aimed at enhancing infrastructure development and management efficiency of municipalities in different parts of the country is going on in full swing. Implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), the…
Read More »Railway employees active in illicit ticket operations
Staff Correspondent : Despite repeated measures, the black market of railway tickets can’t be stopped. As ticketing systems become more modern, so do the types of crimes. Due to the involvement of some railway officials and…
Read More »Size of revised budget stood at Tk 47,367 cr
Mahfuja Mukul : The government announced an ambitious budget of Tk 761,785 crore for the current financial year. However, due to financial crisis, this time its size has been reduced to Tk 47,367 crores. Along with…
Read More »Gas supply narrowing for power generation
Mahfuz Emran : Petrobangla has promised to provide 1290 million cubic feet of gas per day for power generation from April to September. This measure has been undertaken to ensure uninterrupted summer and irrigation power supply.Sources…
Read More »Southeast Bank involves with many loan scams
Cen Bank, BSEC, ACC conducting inquiries Staff Correspondent : The fraudulent activities of Southeast Bank know no bound as the bank was newspaper headline several times during last few years. The bank has been earning more…
Read More »Islampur waiting for the buyer
Mohiuddin Farazi : Islampur, which is known as the capital’s largest wholesale market, has been booming in sales since 10 days before Shab-e-barat. Business is in full swing for 12-13 days. As such, wholesale sales are…
Read More »Rice under control of truck syndicate
Instability in markets Ayub Ali, Ctg: After onion and sugar, instability has started in wholesale rice market in Chittagong. Which has an impact on the retail market as well. In one of Chittagong’s Chaktai and Pahartali…
Read More »Cheap coal now PDB’s burden
Power plant owes Tk 25,000 cr Zarif Mahmud : Japan’s public aid agency JICA funded the electricity master plan in 2010. That plan called for 40,000 megawatts of electricity generation by 2030, more than half of…
Read More »Cash dollars deposit increasing in banks
Staff Correspondent : Cash dollars have started to rise in recent times as expatriates have been allowed to accumulate dollars in banks with special dividend benefits. If the amount of keeping dollars continues to increase in…
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