Bangladesh
Bangladesh
About Tk 39,000 cr foreign debt increased in a year
Mahfuaja Mukul: Foreign debt in the country has increased by $3.49 billion in the last one year. In the sum of Tk 38,940 crores. In June last year (2022), the total foreign debt position was $9,545 million. And in June of this year, it has increased to $9,894 million. During…
Read More »NBR starts vigilance in markets shopping malls
Drive to hunt new taxpayers Mahfuz Emran: The per capita income of the people of the country has increased. Once upon a time, the rich used to rush to the city market to shop. The most capable people ran abroad. However, with the increase in economic activity in the country,…
Read More »NBR facing another stumbling block in revenue collection
Syed Nasir Hossain: National Board of Revenue (NBR) stumbles again in revenue collection. In the first 4 months (July-October) of the current fiscal year 2023-24, the revenue collection is less than the target by about Tk 20 thousand crore. The revenue target for 4 months was Tk 1 lakh 23…
Read More »Bangladesh becomes leader of green industry
204 green factories in Bangladesh Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has strengthened its position as a world leader in ‘green’ i.e. environment-friendly garment factories. Last November, a ready-made garment factory and an accessories manufacturing factory in the country received LEAD certification (Certificate for Green Factory). With this, 204 factories in the country…
Read More »November remittance stood at Tk21,181cr
Staff Correspondent: At the end of the recent month of November, $1.93 billion of remittances came to the country. In Bangladesh currency (one dollar is equal to Tk 109.75) which is Tk 21,181.75 crore.This information has been informed in the latest report of Bangladesh Bank.The volatility of the dollar market…
Read More »Bangladesh emerges as ahome of 2.5m millionaires
Zarif Mahmud: The number of millionaires in the country is increasing by leaps and bounds despite the covid-19 pandemic, global recession and internal turmoil in the country. At the end of June of the current calendar year, the number of account holders (depositors and borrowers) of more than Tk 1…
Read More »Fertilizer worth Tk581cr embezzled by ex-MP Poton
ACC reluctant to arrest accused Staff Correspondent: ACC is taking time to arrest former MP Kamrul Ashraf Khan Poton despite a case in the fertilizer embezzlement case of Tk 581 crore. This contractor has been embezzling crores of taka by selling the fertilizers in the open market without supplying them.Although…
Read More »Bangladesh sets record in manpower export
12.04 lakh workers have gone abroad from Bangladesh till November 29 this year. Last year this number was 11.35 lakh Rabiul Haque: Bangladesh has achieved a major milestone in the export of manpower. As of November this year, the country’s manpower exports have surpassed all previous records. According to the…
Read More »PM receives Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award
Staff Correspondent: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday handed over the ‘Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award’ to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.“Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud handed over the Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban this…
Read More »1,036 km border road to change economy of hills
Tk 3860 cr will be spent Lokman Hossain, Khagrachari: In order to ensure regional security and prevent illegal border trade, the construction of 1,036 km is going on by cutting mountains on the border of three mountainous districts. Already 170 km border road construction has been completed. The road work…
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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 …
