Exports to major destinations falter in July
Country’s exports to most of the major destinations declined in July, the first month of the current financial year 2016-17, due to a decreased shipment of the readymade garment products in the month.
2,526 ATMs yet to have anti-skimming devices
Scheduled banks have yet to install anti-skimming devices at around 2,526 automated teller machines, flouting the Bangladesh Bank’s March 15 deadline.
IBBL holds prayer session, marking National Mourning Day
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited on Saturday organised a discussion and a doa mahfil, marking the National Mourning Day, as well as 41st death anniversary of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Islami Bank Tower, in the capital.
Govt has no logic for Rampal project: Nat’l Committee
Leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday called on the government to refrain from making false and confusing statements regarding the coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant project in Bagerhat.
Telcos’ parent firms unhappy over draft tower co guidelines
The parent companies of country’s three largest mobile phone operators have raised concern about the draft tower company guidelines saying that the clauses in the guidelines might affect the mobile operators.
BASABO SIBLINGS KILLING: Mother arrested, placed on five-day remand
Police on Saturday afternoon took the mother of the two siblings, who were found dead with their throats slit at their Uttar Basabo residence in the capital, on a five-day remand for interrogation about her suspected involvement in the killings, hours after she was arrested early Saturday.
Hasnat now arrested in Gulshan attack case
Police investigators formally arrested Abul Hasnat Reza Karim, a Bangladeshi civil engineer with British nationality, in the Gulshan attack case while a metropolitan magistrate remanded him for eight more days in this connection.
Garlic price on the rise, vegetables remain high
The price of garlic went up while the prices of most of the vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
Receding floods leave behind acute Aman seedling crisis
Growers have started raising their aman rice plantation once again as floodwater receded in many districts, leaving behind an acute crisis of seedlings, officials of Department of Agricultural Extension have said.
Fulchhari Ghat-Bahadurabad rly ferry service no more in use
The once busy 117-year old Balashi Ghat – Bahadurabad Ghat railway ferry service has been on paper only since the Bangabandhu Bridge across the Jamuna River was commissioned in 1998. Balshai Ghat is also known as d Fulchhari Ghat and Tistamukh Ghat.
