Capacity charge to swell 56 pc
Against 3.7pc rise in electricity production Mahfuz Emran : Bangladesh produced a total of 87.024 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in last fiscal year 2022-23. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) spent Tk 950.32 billion ($8.66b) to…
Read More »SRO solution to increase power-electricity price
BERC stands against people Mahfuja Mukul : The price of gas and electricity increases from time to time. And due to the increase in the price of these products, the lower and middle class have to…
Read More »BD keen to boost bilateral trade with WTO member countries
Staff Correspondent : The Bangladesh delegation, now participating in the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, held bilateral meetings with other member countries, including China, Japan, Germany, Korea…
Read More »Govt to procure 50,000 MTs wheat, 70,000 MTs fertilizer, 1.10cr liter soybean oil
Staff Correspondent: The government today approved separate proposals for procuring some 50,000 metric tons of wheat, 70,000 metric tons of fertilizer, 1.10 crore liters of soybean oil and 8,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the…
Read More »Putin warns West of nuclear war risk
International Desk : President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine.In a defiant speech in Moscow, the Russian leader said his soldiers were…
Read More »UN closely monitoring Dr Yunus issue
International Desk : The United Nations is closely monitoring the Nobel laureate professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus issue. This was announced in the regular press briefing of the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations…
Read More »BD-India have immense scope to grow together: BGMEA
Staff Correspondent : Faruque Hassan, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), emphasized the immense potential for collaboration between Bangladesh and India as trading partners, particularly in the textile and apparel sectors to…
Read More »Don’t listen to rumors about prices hike: PM
Staff Correspondent : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people of the country not to listen to any kind of rumors about the prices of daily commodities. She said, I request everyone not to listen…
Read More »Life getting harder
Mahfuja Mukul : Life getting tougher in Bangladesh due to the high inflation and price hike in the market.Hanif Shikder was watching news on television yesterday. How did the news reader’s chest know about the increase…
Read More »12 banks taken Tk 65,000 cr loan against $580m security
Zarif Mahmud : Commercial banks have started borrowing money by depositing dollars in the central bank through currency swaps to meet the liquidity crisis. A total of 12 banks have deposited $58.80 billion in the central…
Read More »Traditional husking mills losing ground
40,000 workers lost job Naogaon Correspondent : Traditional husking mills in Naogaon have been shut down in the last five years thanks to their inability to compete with auto-rice mills, high interest rate of bank loans,…
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