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Ctg port struggles with hazardous cargo containers

Ctg Correspondent Chattogram Port and Customs House are grappling with cargo containers containing hazardous goods stored at the port. A large quantity of such goods has been piled up for

Up to $24b of dev project investments in past 15yrs lost to extortion, bribery, inflated budgets: White Paper body

TDS Desk Of the $60 billion invested in ADP and development projects over the past 15 years, $14-24 billion (equivalent to around Tk1.61-2.8 lakh crore) has been lost to political

Who will account for 17 lakh crores of smuggled funds?

TDS Desk The nation’s economy is grappling with the detrimental effects of smuggling, while expatriates continue to send their hard-earned money back home. Meanwhile, corrupt officials and bribery networks are

Essential goods still dearer for consumers

TDS Desk Consumers are yet to get fully benefit from government initiatives like tax reductions and increased imports aimed at lowering essential commodity prices. While prices for items like rice,

BFIU freezes accounts of Chinmoy, 16 others involved in ISKCON

TDS Desk The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered to freeze the bank accounts of 17 people associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh. The BFIU

Govt is firm to enforce ban on polythene bags: monitoring committee

News Desk The government remains steadfast in its efforts to enforce the ban on polythene shopping bags, said the chief of the polythene monitoring committee. “All citizens must adhere to