Sadargh at crying for passengers
10 routes already closed Mahfuz Emran: Old Dhaka’s Sadarghat is no longer what it used to be. But the area around Sadarghat was busy with the shouting of porters and the pushing of launch passengers. It…
Read More »BRICS bank to finance Tk 4500cr to Titas gas
Mohiuddin Farazi: BRICS bank NDB (New Development Bank) will finance the replacement of dilapidated gas pipelines in the capital Dhaka. The bank has agreed to provide a loan of Tk 4,500 crore for the Tk 9,000…
Read More »USA and China biggest investors in Bangladesh
Zarif Mahmud: Despite cheap labor and easy availability of raw materials, Bangladesh is not getting as much foreign investment as expected. Even 52 years after independence, the foreign investment (FDI) stock in Bangladesh is below $22…
Read More »BD invests Tk 45,000cr in agriculture
Staff Correspondent: The Minister of Agriculture Dr Abdur Razzaqsaid that more than Tk 45,000 crores have been invested in the agriculture sector. The minister said this at the session after the inauguration of the ‘Investment Conference’…
Read More »Bangladesh never able to implement 100pc budget
86 pc implementation in FY 2023 Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh never been able to implement 100 percent of the proposed budget. Even last fiscal year highest 86 percent budget has been implemented.In continuation of the past, it…
Read More »Only a train daily spending Tk1714cr
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railway has spent more than Tk 1714 crore to build a new railway line from Ishwardi to Pabna to Dhallarchar. The 79 km long road was built with 100% government funding, which was…
Read More »Consultancy fees Tk106cr for Wasa Research Institute
Farhad Chowdhury: Dhaka WASA wants to establish an international standard research center. But under the two packages for its development, only the consultancy cost proposed for Tk 106.10 crore has been asked, which is 13.37 percent…
Read More »Pol leaders agree to include coastal dev issues in poll manifestoes
Staff Correspondent: Leaders of both the ruling Awami League and opposition parties on Monday made commitments to include the development issue in the coastal area in their respective election manifestoes ahead of the upcoming general elections…
Read More »War complicates low income countries
WB-IMF annual meeting evaluation Mahfuja Mukul: The negative impact of war complicates the policy environment of low-income countries. Food and energy security, commodity supply chain, macro-financial stability, inflation and growth are also adversely affected. Therefore, the…
Read More »Gaza: It’s not war it is a genocide
Industry Desk: The disaster we are witnessing in Gaza is turning to genocide. It is not an ‘attack’. Not possession. Not a war. Total genocide. The apocalypse-like scenes we are witnessing in Gaza are proof of…
Read More »Less FDI inflow creates pressure on reserve
FDI decreased by 7.11 pc Mahfuz Emran: One of the sources of foreign exchange is foreign direct investment or FDI. The ongoing dollar crisis in the country could not give any good news in this sector.…
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