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Cabinet committee approves four proposals including LNG import
Staff Correspondent: The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today approved the import of 3.360 million MMBtu of liquified natural gas (LNG) at international spot market.The state-owned Petrobangla will procure the bulk LNG from AOT Trading AG, Switzerland at a cost of Tk 436.47 crore with each unit price at $13.069.The…
Read More »PM announces 5 stimulus packages of Tk 32b for poor
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced five more stimulus packages worth about Tk 3,200 crore (Tk 32 billion) to help low-income people hit hard by the ongoing restrictions imposed to check further transmission of the Coronavirus.PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim informed of the matter.Under the new incentives, Tk…
Read More »Bangladesh one of 3 big economies despite Covid
World Bank finds huge boom of remittance A partial view of ongoing construction works of much awaited Padma Bridge -Daily Industry Mahfuja Mukul:The World Bank has identified Bangladesh as one of only three big economies that had increases in remittance inflows in 2020, along with Pakistan and Mexico, and remittances…
Read More »Ctg customs posts Tk 51,577cr revenues for first time
Staff Correspondent:Chattogram Customs House posted a 23.23 per cent year-on-year rise in revenue earnings and fetched Tk 51,577 crore in 2020-21 fiscal year.This was the first time the revenue generated by the customs house, a wing of the National Board of Revenue, shot past the Tk 50,000-crore mark.The record earnings…
Read More »Cattle markets open in Dhaka amid low arrival, high prices
Amid the Covid-induced lockdown, traders from across the country have started arriving in the capital’s limited cattle markets bringing with them the sacrificial animals. They hope to sell ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival. The photo was taken from Chittagong road -Daily Industry Staff Correspondent:Amid the Covid-induced lockdown, traders from across…
Read More »Bangladesh eases lockdown restrictions ahead of Eid
Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh government has decided to ease all lockdown restrictions in the country for eight days ahead of Eid ul Azha.In a notification yesterday morning, the cabinet division said that the lockdown restrictions will be lifted from July 14 midnight to the morning of July 23.However, strict restrictions…
Read More »Most factories at high fire risk
Lack of fire extinguishers, violation ofbuilding code and faulty design blamed Golam Mostafa Jibon:Thousands of buildings especially factories in the country including Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur are at fire risk. Faulty design, violation of building code, lack of fire extinguishers and adequate stairs are blamed for it.Therefore, panic of devastating…
Read More »Govt to import 10 lakh tones of rice to stable market price
Staff Correspondent:The government has decided to import 10 lakh tonnes of cooked rice to keep the rice market stable. It is learned that necessary measures will be taken initially to import 10 lakh tonnes of rice at a private level at 25 percent import duty. For keeping the market price…
Read More »Govt mulling to resume public transports, reopen markets-malls from Jul 15
Staff Correspondent: The government is mulling to resume the public transports following health guidelines from July 15 (Thursday).Alongside, shopping malls and shops may also be reopened on the occasion of Eid, according to sources concerned.Meanwhile, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said that the government is set to take a…
Read More »One 3rd of young women lost jobs
Industry Desk: A third of young women who were employed in Bangladesh before the pandemic were out of jobs in January 2021, finds a survey unveiled by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) on Sunday.The ratio of young men out of jobs was 11 per cent. The study…
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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 …
