The Daily Sky

BB hikes interest rate on EDF loans from reserves by 1 pc

Industry Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has raised the interest rate on loans disbursed under the Export Development Fund (EDF) from the reserves by 1%, making the foreign currency borrowing even

Inflation declines for second straight month, eases to 8.91pc in October

Staff Correspondent: The country’s inflation has dropped to 8.91% in October from September’s 9.10%, Planning Minister MA Mannan said citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data. The planning minister disclosed

62 SPs get new posting

Staff Correspondent: A total of 62 superintendents of police (SPs) have been given new postings yesterday. The Home Ministry yesterday issued a gazette notification in this regard. Sirajam Munira, deputy

ACC to sign deals with 8 nations to bring laundered money back

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday initiated a process for signing agreement with eight countries for mutual legal assistance to bring back money laundered abroad, said ACC Secretary Md.

Lucrative Libyan market open again for Bangladeshis

Industry Desk: Although the labour market in Libya has recently reopened for Bangladeshis after a pause of nearly a decade due to the Libyan Civil War, just 15 recruiting agencies

Record number of Bangladeshi workers left for S Korea

Diplomatic Correspondent: A total of 248 Bangladesh expatriate workers left for South Korea from Bangladesh through a chartered flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday. It is the biggest number