Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Omicron may cause major transmission spike in March-April
Staff Correspondent: DGHS Director General Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said the country may see a major spike in Covid-19 transmission in March-April driven by the Omicron variant.“We expect an increase in infections in March-April and are working to increase the capacity of hospitals across the country accordingly,” Prof…
Read More »Gold losing its shine on the back of relentless price rise
Staff Correspondent: Gold has a special place in people’s lives not only as an ornamental commodity, but also as a valuable resource and store of value. It’s worth therefore extends from the individual to the state level.No matter how expensive the paper currency is, its foundation of trust is shaky.…
Read More »Shipbuilding without design goes on unabated
Use of recondition engines posing fire risk Golam Mostafa Jibon: Use of unauthorized recondition engines on unfit water transports being built without proper design causes frequent accidents including fire incident that rising procession of corpses.Nearly 5,000 people have lost their lives in launch accidents in the last two decades. Of…
Read More »Legal action against DSHE if fails to submit probe report by Feb: ACC
Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday asked the Directorate of Secondary Education (DSHE) to submit probe reports by February over 184 allegations transferred by the anti-graft body.ACC came up with the deadline after a review meeting between the ACC secretary and DSHE Director General Prof Syed Golam Faruk at…
Read More »E-commerce clients to get back money in January
Mahfuja Mukul: The country’s e-commerce companies have played a pivotal role in getting products at home during the height of the coronavirus epidemic. But in less than a year, this sector has become the most criticized sector. In addition to getting products at home, many people invest lakhs of taka…
Read More »Rehab fair fetches Tk 400 cr booking
Staff Correspondent: The buyers have booked flats and plots worth around Tk 400 crore for the five-day REHAB Winter Housing Fair-2021 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital. About Tk 1,500 crore has come to the bank commitment related to home loan at the fair.Alamgir Shamsul Alamin (Kajal), president…
Read More »PM returns home
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived yesterdayafternoon wrapping up her maiden six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives.“A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premierand her entourage members arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport,Dhaka at 5:30 pm,today “ Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told.Earlier, the flight…
Read More »Rising inflation hurts rural people more than urban : BBS
Industry Desk: Rising trends of inflation has forced rural people to spend more to buy goods than urban dwellers, said a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).The BBS report said the average inflation in rural areas rose to 6.20 per cent in November. At the same time, the average…
Read More »Solve the problem of migrant workers
Experts in webinar Diplomatic Correspondent: Speakers at a webinar titled ‘Issues Related to Migrant Workers in Brunei’ underscored the necessity and importance of addressing the migrant workers’ issue and called for improving the conditions of the Bangladeshi workers in Brunei.They also focused on the welfare of migrant workers in Brunei…
Read More »BD attracts $21.17b investment proposals during COVID pandemic
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has attracted more than US$21.17 billion worth of investment proposals in the last two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, according to statistics released by the various investment promotion agencies of Bangladesh.Bangladesh has received $2.5 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2020-2021…
Read More »