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16 groups behind price hike of rice
People suffer immensely Golam Mostafa Jibon : As the people of the country are facing immense suffering due to unbridled price hike of several essential commodities including Soybean oil, right then the price hike of rice has added additional misery to the poor and middle-class people.At least 16 groups and…
Read More »Share price of ceramic cos not relevant with earnings
Staff Correspondent: Shinepukur Ceramic is currently the most talked about company in the stock market. The company’s share price has doubled in less than a month. On April 17, the share price of this ceramic company was Tk 25. From there, the share price rose to Tk 48.90 per share…
Read More »Field agents active to sell leaked questions: Agencies
DSHE question leak Staff Correspondent: A cashier and book-centre staffer of two government colleges in Dhaka have worked as field agents to find examinees who would purchase the leaked questions of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education’s (DSHE) recruitment test.Detectives claimed to have received the information after analysing communication details…
Read More »Wheat from alternative sources still uncertain
Price shooting up in market Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh is looking for ways to import wheat from other countries in view of the imposition of ban on Indian exports. However, the traders think that the task is not very easy.They say that not only Bangladesh but also other wheat importing countries…
Read More »Life insurers spent Tk 115 cr illegally
In name of business procurement Zarif Mahmud: A number of life insurance companies have pledged in 2016 to recoup excessive spending (adjusting past expenses by reducing costs) in violation of the law in the management sector. However, far from being recharged, half of the companies doing business in the country…
Read More »RMG export earns $35.36 b in Jul-Apr
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) export for the July- April period of FY 2021-22 earned $35.36 billion, according to recently released Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data. During the first ten months of FY 2021-22, RMG export recorded 35.98% growth compared to the same period of the previous year.In the…
Read More »Tipu discounts wheat crisis
Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday underplayed concern over wheat price saying the country has enough stock of the food grain.He was briefing the media after a meeting of the Task Force committee on commodity prices and market monitoring at the Secretariat.He said India’s ban on wheat export won’t…
Read More »Tk 909 cr worth LNG to be imported from Singapore
Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement has approved a proposal to import 33.7 million MMBTU (per million British thermal units) liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet the country’s energy demand. It will cost Tk 909 crore 14 lakh 50 thousand 36. These LNGs will be supplied by a…
Read More »Govt sincere in handling economic issues: Mannan
Staff Correspondent: Planning Minister MA Mannan has said the presentgovernment is very much sincere in handling the on-going economic issuesarising out of the current global condition.“So, economics is a very important issue and you can’t get panicked aboutit,” he said.The Planning Minister said this while addressing a roundtable discussion onnational…
Read More »HC warned judge who granted bail to Samrat
His bail cancelled, asked to surrender Court Correspondent: The High Court has warned Judge Asifuzzaman Al Asad Mohammad of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6 in the case of granting bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a corruption case citing health reasons before the medical report came.The HC said that without…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
