Panchagar Correspondent : Trade activities with India, Nepal, and Bhutan via the Banglabandha Land Port will remain suspended for seven days, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. Banglabandha Import-Exporter Group in a meeting with the Phulbari Exporters Association of India, the C&F Agent Welfare Association, and the Truck Owners Association, took the decision to keep trading via the land port shut from 15-21 June. A letter regarding this has already been sent to the Land Customs Station Customs Officers, Banglabandha Land...
Day: June 15, 2024
Staff Reporter : The ruling Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday criticised...
City Desk : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said 17 percent of Bangladesh will be submerged in water due to the rise in sea level. As a result, there will be no food production in that area. The map of Bangladesh will change. Actually, climate change has created an existential crisis for us, he said, reports UNB. He said while addressing at the inauguration ceremony of the nationwide tree planting program organized by Bangladesh Awami...
BSS : Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Friday paid rich tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by laying floral wreaths at the mausoleum of the great leader in Tungipara, Gopalganj. In a special munajat on this occasion, he prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and all martyrs of August 15, 1975, said an ISPR press release. Later, the army chief signed the visitors’ book there....
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves are set to increase by as much as $2 billion in June, driving the total reserves to nearly $21 billion, sources said. This boost will provide much-needed relief to the country’s US dollar reserves. The reserves rose by $538 million on Wednesday, reaching $19.2 billion from a week ago, according to figures from the central bank based on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) formula. Officials noted this was the highest level of foreign...
Business Report : The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has formed a three-member committee to probe allegations of share trading by an independent director of the bourse. The probe committee will submit a report to the board after investigating the allegations within seven working days, as decided by the DSE in its board meeting on Wednesday. The three members of the committee are Rubaba Dowla and Kawser Ahmed, both independent directors, and Sharif Anwar Hossain, a shareholder director on the DSE...
Business Report : The businesses of the country’s textile and apparel sector urged the government to postpone the proposed duty policy in the economic zones (EZ) investments for next five years. Earlier, in the budget proposal for FY25, presented in parliament on June 6, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali proposed a 1% import duty on all types of capital machinery for industries in economic zones and high-tech parks for the fiscal year 2024-25, which is zero currently. He also...
Special Report : Pakistan’s journey towards economic stability continues under the watchful eye of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as...
City Desk : Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Friday said that plying of unfit vehicles will not be allowed on highways to maintain discipline and prevent accidents during Eid journey. The IGP was talking to journalists while visiting traffic management on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, reports BSS. He said that law enforcement agencies including Rab, Highway Police, Industrial Police, Railway Police, River Police, APBN and District Police are working together to make the Eid journey of homebound...
City Desk : Prime Minister’s newly appointed Press Secretary and senior journalist Md Nayeemul Islam Khan paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Friday afternoon. He paid homage by placing a floral wreath at Bangabandhu’s grave and joined a prayer seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of the 15 August 1975 carnage and country’s continued development and progress...