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Publishers, booksellers seek Tk 1,600cr special allocation
Special Correspondent: Bangladesh Publisher and Booksellers Association (BAPUS) has sought a special allocation of Tk1,600 crore from the government to help keep their businesses afloat amid the unprecedented crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic.About 90% of the publishers and sellers could not secure any loans under the stimulus packages, as they…
Read More »PM sets example of humanitarian aid: Razzaque
Staff Correspondent: Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has set an example of unique humanitarian assistance by providing the needy people with food and necessary supplies since the beginning of the pandemic.“The lockdown imposed to prevent corona infection has narrowed the income streams of daily working…
Read More »E-commerce in the custody
Syed Ishtiaq Reza:As the habit of buying things online grows, so do the pages of mass media and social media. The real business of today’s e-commerce stores is to delay the delivery of goods in the name of giving all the lucrative discounts, not to give the products at all,…
Read More »Will Bangladesh be able to break deadly Covid cycle?
Staff Correspondent:The government’s efforts to ensure self-isolation and quarantine have slowed down and public health experts fear this decline could make the surging coronavirus infection rate even more dangerous.They say infections will continue to rise until the transmission is stopped. The only way to improve the situation is to break…
Read More »Sale of sacrificial animals begins in Dhaka markets
Staff Correspondent:Days ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, sale of sacrificial animals began in Dhaka’s makeshift cattle markets yesterday and it will continue till July 21, amid enforcing health guidelines.A total of 18 cattle markets — eight makeshift including Gabtoli cattle market in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and…
Read More »Incomplete project at Savar tannery industry hits production, export
Eid-ul-Azha approaching fast Golam Mostafa Jibon:Though, around four years and three months have already been exceeded after the relocation of tanneries from the City’s Hazaribagh to Savar, many important works of the project like Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) and solid waste management have not yet been completed or handed…
Read More »Eid travellers swamp to launch and ferry terminal
Staff Correspondent: Cattle getting sick while waiting for hours on end to cross the Padma With the Covid-19 lockdown eased ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, homebound travellers continued to crowd Shimulia, Paturia, Daulatdia and Sadarghat terminals for the third day yesterday. As the number of travellers and vehicles kept increasing, long tailbacks…
Read More »Momen seeks Russia’s active cooperation in Rohingya repatriation
Industry Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought Russia’s active cooperation in facilitating return and reintegration of the persecuted Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland in Myanmar.He made the remark while holding a bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sideline of the international conference…
Read More »Apparel makers for keeping open factories amid strict lockdown
Staff Correspondent:Fearing a massive schedule disruptions and huge financial losses, clothing sector leaders yesterday sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking directive to allow factories resume operations after a short Eid vacation.In the letter, the apparel makers said they might loss the work orders for late summer, Christmas…
Read More »BD becomes global investment hub despite pandemic: BEZA
Staff Correspondent:Despite slow investment flow across the world, Bangladesh is becoming a centre of global business community which will help the country achieve Vision-2041, observed newly appointed Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Shaikh Yusuf Harun.He said that very low labour cost, skilled manpower, favourable government policies,…
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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 …
