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June 13, 2022

Railway vacancies are being fulfilled gradually: Minister

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Monday said the number of vacancies in the railways is 22,604.The information was given in response to a tabled question from ruling party lawmaker elected from Noakhali Mamunur Rashid Kiran.The minister said the t…

Bangladesh Mission in Brunei showcases investment potential

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Brunei Nahida Rahman Shumona has said economic diplomacy plays a pivotal role to advance the economic interest of a nation and Bangladesh needs to use this tool of ‘economic diplomacy’ even more.She said economic diploma…

Budget does not reflect woes of pandemic-hit new poor: SANEM

South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM) on Monday said that there is no effort to mitigate the woes of the pandemic-hit people whose incomes were severely affected in the budget.A large portion of the lower middle income group fell below the …

Current nets worth Tk 105 crore seized by Coast Guard

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized contraband current nets worth Tk 105 Crore from Chawkbazar area in the city on Sunday.Lieutenant Commander Khandaker Munif Taki, a media officer at the BCG headquarters, confirmed the development on Monday afternoon….

Mahboob Ali got literary award

Muhammad Mahboob Ali, economist, writer, and researcher received the literary award (Sahittya Purusker) for his impeccable story book “Story of Liberation War”.Padma Bridge Implementation Committee’s Chairman and Shariatpur District Council Administrat…

BB selling US dollar at Tk 92.5 after further devaluation

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed the exchange rate of US dollar at Tk92.50 by devaluing the local currency by Tk0.50.The central bank on Monday sold $10.5 crore to banks at the rate of Tk 92.50.As a result, taka has been depreciated by Tk6 in the last tw…

Banglalink signs agreement with Best Western Alliance Hotel

Telecom operator Banglalink has signed an agreement with Chattogram’s Best Western Alliance Hotel to provide its Orange Club members with discounts on different services.Soumen Mitra, cluster director of Banglalink, and Shahed Alam, general manager of …

Supplementary budget for 2021-22 passed in JS

Parliament on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 17524 crore for the fiscal 2021-22 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the supplementary budget in the House on…

18 dengue cases reported in 24 hrs: DGHS

Eighteen more dengue cases have been reported in 24 hours till Monday morning.Thirteen new patients were hospitalized in Dhaka and five outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Seventy-eight dengue patients, including …

Bangladesh reports 128 Covid cases, zero death

The Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh made another jump to 128 in 24 hours till Monday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,954,243, the health directorate said.The country’s total fatalities, however, remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death wa…

World Blood Donor Day Tuesday

The World Blood Donor Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Tuesday to create awareness about the significance of blood donation and the safe infusion of blood.The day is also observed to honour the contribution of volunt…

20 injured as locals clash with police in N’ganj

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between the locals of Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj and police, over arresting 36 people for attacking a sub inspector of police.Residents of Adamjee Bihari Camp surrounded the Siddhirganj police station on Monday…

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