Business-Economy

Tk1.09 lakh cr deposited to S Alam Group, family accounts in 6 banks, NBR finds

TDS Desk: The revenue authorities have found that Tk1.09 lakh crore were deposited in accounts across six banks held by various business entities and family members of Md Saiful Alam,

Use of polythene bags banned from Oct 1: Environment Adviser

TDS Desk: Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser on Environment, Forests and Climate Change of the Interim Government, Monday said that from October 1, no polythene shopping bags and polypropylene bags can

Adani Group says Bangladesh’s $500 million debt from Godda power plant ‘unsustainable’

TDS Desk: India’s Adani Group has warned Bangladesh’s new government that its overdue payments for coal power supply from the controversial Godda plant have become “unsustainable”. Speaking to Financial Times,

79 factories in Ashulia declared holiday amid protests

TDS Desk: At least 79 factories in Ashulia, located from Baipail to Zirabo, were closed on Monday in the face of workers’ protest. But there are no reports of violence

Money launderers’ exodus to Begum Para

TDS Desk: Begum Para, the colloquial name of a neighbourhood in Canada’s Toronto, has become a haven for corrupt Bangladeshis, who syphoned billions of taka there under the patronage of

Govt appoints administrator for CCCI

UNB, Dhaka The government has appointed Muhammad Anowar Pasha, additional divisional commissioner (general) of Chattogram, as the administrator for the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). A notification, signed