Banks have distributed 91.46 percent agriculture loans in 11 months of the current fiscal year.Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) latest data released on Tuesday show that different scheduled banks have disbursed agriculture credit of Tk 25966.73 crore in July-May…
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said there will be no food crisis in the country due to ongoing flood in the north-eastern region of the country.He claimed this while answering to a question from journalists at Naogaon deputy commissioner’s confe…
Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acqu…
Dhaka South City Corporation(DSCC) is preparing a 30 year Integrated City Master Plan for Dhaka (2020-2050) aiming to turn it into a clean and smart city.LGRD Minister Tazul Islam said this in Parliament on Tuesday replying to a tabled question from Aw…
Container shipping service directly connecting Chattagram Port to the Port of Koper in Slovenia may open up prospects for faster and cheaper shipping from Bangladesh to Europe.The optimism was expressed at a meeting between BGMEA President Faruque Hass…
At least 200 buses of Nagar Paribahan will be launched in three new routes from September 1, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Tuesday.The decision was taken at the 23rd committee meeting of Bus Route Rationaliz…
As Bangladesh enters the new phase of its development, it must deal with the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and managing the changes that come with it, said CRI Trustee Radwan Mujib.In the editorial note of WhiteBoard, the first policy-b…
Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against 21 officials of Sonali Bank and One Spinning Mills Ltd for embezzling TK32.37 lakh from the bank.The case was filed with Dhaka ACC coordinated office by Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrah…
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell said the country’s youths should prepare themselves to become an entrepreneur, decreasing dependency on the job market.He made the remarks while addressing a programme as the chief guest at a city…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday opened five projects of Bangladesh Police, including two newly constructed police stations –Padma Setu Uttar Thana and Padma Setu Dakkhin Thana —on the two sides of the Padma Bridge.She inaugurated the projects t…
Police have recovered the bodies of three tourists in the last three days who went missing while visiting the Napittachara stream in Chattogram’s Mirsharai upazila.On Tuesday police recovered the body of a tourist from a canal in Khayachara union of th…
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four alleged robbers, including its leader, from Tongi in Gazipur.The detectives also recovered one robbed gold chain, Tk14,000 in cash, one iron chapati , two sewing ranges, one screwdriver a…
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