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Uncertainty over timely implementation of Metrorail project
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic Golam Mostafa Jibon:Uncertainty is prevailing over the implementation of Metrorail project in scheduled time as most of the workers under the project have been infected with the Delta variant of coronavirus that halts the rapid progress of the project works.But, there is the news of relief…
Read More »Apparel exporters voice concern over rising yarn prices
Industry Desk:Apparel exporters have voiced their concerns over the increase in yarn prices, especially in the local market.Retail sales have grown sharply in Europe and the USA as stores are opening following mass vaccination there, and Bangladesh is getting a lot of work orders as a result, RMG leaders said…
Read More »Ship breakers default on Tk 10,000cr in 8 years
Industry Desk: The Chattogram-based steel and ship breaking industry has defaulted on Tk10,000 crore in the last eight years, thanks to a borrowing spree from banks in the sector’s good times, from 2008 to 2012.Banks say now they are concerned about recovering the debt mounting every year as many businessmen…
Read More »Another ferry hits Padma Bridge pillar
Staff Correspondent: Another ferry hit a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge yesterday.The ferry named Bir Srestho Jahangir hit the 10th pillar of the bridge, BIWTA Chairman Md Tajul Islam told.The BIWTA chairman said the incident took place while the ferry tried to give side to a sand-laden bulkhead.“We did…
Read More »New gas field found in Sylhet
It holds 68b cubic feet reserve: Nasrul Hamid Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday formally announced Zakiganj as the country 28th gas field having 68 billion cubic feet of gas reserve.The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (Bapex) made the discovery in…
Read More »Production for insulators, sanitary products using domestic raw materials stressed
Staff Correspondent: Industries Secretary Zakia Sultana yesterday underscored the need for producing insulators and sanitary products using domestic raw materials instead of imported raw materials.“For this purpose, arrangements have to be made for the production of domestic raw materials,” she said.The Industries Secretary made the remarks while inspecting Bangladesh Insulator…
Read More »Bangamata contributed to take exact political decision timely: PM
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib had contributed to taking right political decisions timely for the country alongside managing her house and family.“. . . Bangamata not only managed her family, but also helped (Bangabandhu and political leaders) take time befitting exact political…
Read More »Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed
Staff Correspondent: The 91st birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed yesterday in a befitting manner across the country.The theme of the day this year is – ‘Bangamata is a fearless companion in the crisis and struggle…
Read More »Govt to gradually ease lockdown from August 11
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said the ongoing lockdown restrictions will be eased gradually from August 11.The minister said this while addressing reporters at his secretariat office in the capital yesterday.He said the Corona situation will be monitored. We will get the decision from the Prime…
Read More »Who cares lockdown?
Staff Correspondent: There are not many signs of restraint in Dhaka on the seventeenth day of the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID pandemic.Traffic and crowds seem to have largely returned to business as usual, though law enforcers are occasionally checking vehicles on certain roads.But no one is holding mask-less…
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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 …
