The Daily Sky

Record revenue shortfall feared in outgoing fiscal

Staff Correspondent: A record revenue shortfall worth nearly Tk 1.0 trillion is likely in the eventful outgoing fiscal, largely for sluggish private-sector investment, poor execution of development projects and banking-sector

Police carrying ‘necessary’ weapons on duty: Home Advisor

Staff Correspondent: Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has faced questions after two members of the Detective Branch were injured by bullets fired by “drug peddlers,” amid a debate over the

Man killed, wife-children injured in Pabna road accident

Pabna Correspondent: A road accident on Thursday morning claimed the life of a motorcyclist and injured his wife and two children in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila. The accident occurred around 10:30

5 August to be observed as student-people’s uprising day, public holiday

Staff Correspondent: The interim government has decided to observe 5 August as student-people’s uprising day. It will be a public holiday. Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki disclosed this information

ICT-1 appoints amicus curiae over hearing on contempt case against Hasina

Staff Correspondent: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Thursday appointed amicus curiae over hearing on a contempt of court allegation brought against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and banned Bangladesh

Soaring loan interest hits all businesses, SMEs hurt most

Staff Correspondent: As interest rates climb steeply across Bangladesh’s banking sector, businesses of all sizes – from sprawling industrial conglomerates to cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) – are