Business-Economy

Matarbari Power Plant resumes production after one-month shutdown

TDS Desk Cox’s Bazar’s Matarbari Coal-based Thermal Power Plant is set to resume electricity production on Saturday (November 30), following a month-long shutdown caused by a coal supply shortage. The

Tk 1cr fund announced for slain Chittagong lawyer’s family

TDS Desk A fund worth Tk1 crore is being established under the supervision of Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain for the family of slain lawyer Saiful Islam Alif,

$14b a year lost to capital flight during AL years

TDS Desk Bangladesh has lost around $14 billion a year on average to capital flight during the Awami League’s 15-year tenure, according to the draft report of the committee preparing

Massive irregularities in banking, energy sectors detected: Debapriya

UNB: Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, a renowned economist and policy analyst, has disclosed that significant irregularities have been uncovered within Bangladesh’s banking and energy sectors over the past 15 years. Debapriya

Germany provides €180.807 m in technical, financial cooperation support to Bangladesh

TDS Desk: Germany is providing Bangladesh €180.807 million (around Tk2,265 crore) in financial and technical support. Agreements on this development cooperation were signed on Thursday between the two countries. Around

Bangladesh’s export earnings rebound from slump

UNB: Bangladesh’s export sector is showing signs of steady recovery, overcoming disruptions caused by the political turmoil in July and August that led to the ouster of the Awami League