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5G to be launched at end of 2021: Joy
Industry Desk: Prime Minister’s Information andCommunication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has revealed thelaunching of 5G service in the country to take place at the end of this year.“We are aiming to launch 5G (and) planning to pilot it at the end of thisyear,” he said at a business…
Read More »No step to bring back siphoned money
PK Halder scam Golam Mostafa Jibon:Though, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with the directive of Metropolitan Session Judge and Senior Special Judge Court in Dhaka has issued a notification for attachment of the immovable wealth worth at around Tk 161.58 crore belonging to Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, also former…
Read More »ADB pegs Bangladesh’s GDP at 6.8pc this fiscal
Special Correspondent: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised Bangladesh’s growth forecast for the current fiscal amid fears of a third wave of the Covid pandemic.In its latest report, the regional lender has pegged Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6.8 percent in the current fiscal.GDP is a monetary…
Read More »3rd terminal of Dhk Airport to be visible by Dec: CAAB
Staff Correspondent: Braving the pandemic, the work on the construction of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is progressing in full swing with officials saying that parts of the much-awaited building will be visible by December this year.The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh informed that already 22 per…
Read More »Hasina receives SDGs Progress Award
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been honoured with the “SDGs Progress Award” in recognition of Bangladesh’s achievements in sustainable development from 2015 to 2020.The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and other organisations, including the Earth Institute of Columbia University and the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia…
Read More »PM expects to intensify climate campaign: FM
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s presence inperson in UN General Assembly (UNGA) is expected to intensify the climatechange campaign alongside giving momentum to demands for equitable access toCOVID-19 vaccines.“She has come to New York in person to attend the UNGA for people’swelfare. Issues like the Covid-19, climate change and…
Read More »ADB launches new partnership strategy for Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Bangladesh that aims to boost competitiveness, employment, and private sector development.The CPS for 2021-2025 will help Bangladesh realize its aspiration of becoming an upper middle-income country by 2031 through increased public and private investments…
Read More »Who cares ban?
Most streets under occupationof illegal battery run rickshaws Golam Mostafa Jibon: Though, the government has imposed ban on the plying of battery run rickshaws, thousands of such unauthorized battery driven rickshaws are plying randomly on most of the streets in the capital under the nose of concerned law enforcement agencies.But,…
Read More »PM reaches New York to attend 76th UNGA
Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached herein USA on Sunday evening to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly(UNGA).“A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-1902) carryingthe premier and her entourage members arrived at 5:40pm (local time) onSunday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York,”…
Read More »Germany to increase support to BD in tackling climate change: envoy
Saleh Ahmed Husain: German Ambassador in Dhaka Achim Troster yesterday said Germany will increase its cooperation in tackling the impacts of climate change and in the ongoing development programmes in Bangladesh.Referring to Bangladesh as a very close ally of Germany, the German envoy said this cooperation would be provided on…
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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 …
