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Saline crisis looms large as number of dengue patients soars
Staff Correspondent: There is a shortage of intravenous saline in the market. The demand for intravenous saline has soared as the number of dengue patients is rising. However, the supply is not enough as compared to demand. This crisis of saline came to the fore while speaking to concerned government…
Read More »Heavy rain triggers severe water logging in Ctg
Chattogram Bureau: Chattogram city dwellers have faced waterlogging as low-lying areas of the port city have been inundated by continuous rainfall.According to Assistant Meteorologist SumanSaha of the Patenga Meteorological Office, 36 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours until Friday afternoon (August 4). The city experienced intermittent…
Read More »Rain brings relief to Dhaka city dwellers
Staff Correspondent: Rainbrought respite to Dhaka city dwellers after a heavy downpour drenched parts of the capital yesterday afternoon.Ten millimetres of rainfall were recorded in the past six hours till 1:00 pm yesterday, according to BMD’s special bulletin.Meanwhile, light to moderate rains or thundershowers are likely to occur in Dhaka…
Read More »Flat sales down to zero
Unbridled spending on housing5 thousand unsold flats in Dhaka Zarif Mahmud: Ahmed has been living in Sheorapara area of Mirpur, Dhaka for a long time. Wife is a banker. The couple’s long-held dream is to own a residence in the bustling city. With this, the two of them invested in…
Read More »Dhaka welcomes Indian parliamentary committee to resolve Teesta issue
Staff Correspondent: Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs in India unanimously has recently recommended to the government to resolve the pending Teesta water sharing issue at the earliest ‘to improve the bilateral relation further’ with Bangladesh.Recalling earlier discussions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated Bangladesh’s long pending request for concluding the…
Read More »India also wants fair election in Bangladesh
Diplomatic Correspondent: India wants the twelfth parliamentary elections of Bangladesh to be peaceful, free, fair and violence-free. The spokesperson of the country’s foreign ministry, Arindam Bagchi, made this comment in response to questions at a briefing yesterday.He said, the vote will be as the people of Bangladesh want. They will…
Read More »Bangladesh’s trade deficit shrinks 48pc in FY23
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s trade deficit in the fiscal 2022-23 (FY23) narrowed amid a raft of measures, including import controls.The country’s trade deficit has decreased to -$17,155 million ( around 48 percent) in FY23 – down from -$33,250 million in the previous fiscal year – due to the tightening of imports,…
Read More »Businessmen are not interested in trade on rupee with India
Rabiul Haque: In the bilateral trade of Bangladesh with India, there are two sides of profit and loss of transaction in Indian currency Rupee. Businessmen of the two countries can open import-export LCs in rupees instead of dollars. But the businessmen of Bangladesh are not interested in this as the…
Read More »Teesta project to change northern economy
India main barrier to implement Special Correspondent: Demands for the implementation of the Teesta Master Plan have emerged strongly from the leaders of various parties. They think that Sheikh Hasina, as the daughter-in-law of Rangpur, will announce the fulfillment of the long-standing demands of the people of this region today.…
Read More »GDP expected to reach $1.577 tr by end of ‘23
Staff Correspondent: According to World Economics’ latest report, the size of Bangladesh’s GDP in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms at the end of 2023 will be $1.577 trillion, with additional estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year.With this huge formal and rising…
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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 …
