Bangladesh

Zarif Mahmud: The government’s total debt liability (domestic and foreign) stood at around Tk 14.48trillion (Tk14.48 lakh crore) till March. Mainly due to low revenue collection at the desired rate, incomplete implementation of austerity directives to control expenditure and appreciation of the dollar, the debt figure is increasing rapidly. In…

Farhad Chowdhury: Bagalek, the highest altitude freshwater lake in the country. This wonderful tourist center is located in Ruma Upazila of Bandarban. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to see Bagalek, a reservoir of exquisite natural beauty located at a height of 380 meters above sea level. Most tourists come…

Nurul Hossain, Teknaf: A total of 523 landless, homeless families in Teknaf received houses with lands as Prime Minister’s gift to mark the Mujib Borsha. Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Kamruzzaman disclosed this at a press conference on Monday.Theconference was held to mark inauguration of the fourth phase of the…

Staff Correspondent: Over the past few days, numerous regions across the country have been experiencing persistent heavy rainfall.This has led to unexpected flooding in certain areas, raising concerns about the heightened risk of landslides due to the ongoing precipitation. On the other hand, due to the low pressure in the…

Zarif Mahmud: As time goes by, the debt repayment pressure will increase. And Bangladesh is taking loans again. As a result, the pressure will continue to increase. Analysts say there are several projects in foreign debt that have been overrun. Bangladesh will have to pay the price.According to the Finance…

Staff Correspondent: The country’s foreign exchange reserves are decreasing at a steady pace. In the space of a week, the reserve as a gross decreased by $5 million. A net decrease of $ 1.0 million. Net reserves fell as another $40 million was withdrawn from reserves and invested in various…

Huge potentials of blue economy Farhad Chowdhury: As a huge water area, the various resources of the sea are used for the welfare of people, and new doors of economy are opened. In the modern world, people’s unseen or unknown marine resources are known as blue economy. In the context…

Enhanced security measures Mahfuz Emran: Banks have taken extensive precautionary measures in view of the threat of cyber-attacks in the digital world of Bangladesh.They are working round-the-clock on the security of the database as well as making the customers aware. Keeping a close eye on own web pages and server…

Reserve balancing mismatched Rabiul Haque: Due to the dollar crisis, Bangladesh Bank has imposed various restrictive conditions on imports. Due to this, the foreign trade deficit has decreased slightly. However, there is a big deficit in the country’s overall transactions with the outside world.Those concerned said that this situation has…