Bangladesh
Bangladesh
PM asks for region-based
development planningStaff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked for appropriate development planning taking into consideration the features of different regions.“The characteristics of all areas of Bangladesh are not identical. . . Bangladesh needs to be better known for any development project,” she said while addressing Delta Governance Council’s first meeting…
Read More »Universal pension system to be announced
in budgetZarif Mahmud: The government has taken initiative to announce the complete outline of universal pension. The outline will be announced in the budget of the next 2022-23 fiscal year, said the source.Meanwhile, the finance department has prepared a roadmap for the implementation of the universal pension program. It has been…
Read More »Sacrificial cattle market
to be high this timeDemand to be met up by domestic animals Mahfuja Mukul: The Eid-ul-Adha is still about a month and a half away. Livestock traders and farmers are preparing in full force. Traders are visiting different parts of the country to buy cows from householders and farmers. Many householders and farmers are…
Read More »World-wide food crisis imminent
UN predicts famine Special Correspondent: The global food system is weakened by the Corona epidemic. The main reason for this is the consistently strict restrictions in the country. The war between Russia and Ukraine began when the world was engaged in economic recovery. Which has further intensified the food crisis.…
Read More »Accomplices under scanner of ACC
PK Haldar’s scam– Many on the run Golam Mostafa Jibon: The accomplices, who assisted Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder to siphoning and plundering over Tk 10,000 crore, are now under scanner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Some of them are now on the run to avert arrest or legal action.…
Read More »100pc gas demand could
meet up from own sourcesForeign cos hinder processing Mahfuz Emran: As dependence on foreign gas companies for increasing demand increases, so does the country’s tendency to import liquefied natural gas (LNG). Domestic companies are largely behind in the race to increase production from their own gas fields.Only 25 years ago, the entire production of…
Read More »PM for well-coordinated efforts to overcome crises
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for strengthening global solidarity and adopting a well-coordinated response against the food, energy and financial crises resulting from Russia-Ukraine war and Covid-19 pandemic, placing four proposals to tackle the situation.“The war in Ukraine comes at a time when the world is still…
Read More »Syndicates and stockiest getting
exemption by passing lawMahfuja Mukul: Traders create instability in the commodity market at different times. Artificial crises are created, various manipulations are done including illegally charging high prices. Ordinary people fall into misery due to their actions. In that case, even if the government takes action against unscrupulous traders, the law is not…
Read More »Gold price at historic high of Tk 82,000 per Bhori
Staff Correspondent: Gold prices have risen in the domestic market due to the rise in the value of the US dollar and other currencies in the international market. The new price has been fixed at Tk 4,199 to fill the price of 22 carat gold. As a result, the price…
Read More »Filippo Grandi call for Rohingya refugees support
Staff Correspondent: Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a five-day visit to discuss the needs of the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. Grandi last visited Bangladesh in March 2019.Grandi will meet with representatives of the government of Bangladesh to discuss the…
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