Business-Economy

December 23, 2024, 1:42 pm

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Mutual trust essential for exploring regional connectivity: Japanese ambassador ADB, WB approve $1.1b budget support for BD EU’s apparel imports during Jan-Oct 2024 shows sign of recovery Drivers, helpers urged to abide by traffic rules Hassan Ariff’s death: Govt declares one-day state mourning Monday Inquilab Mancha stages sit-in outside CJ’s residence BNP starts talks with allies over nat’l polls Jatrabari Kitchen Market: Traders block roads, cause traffic turmoil Is another One-Eleven looming in Bangladesh? Closure of 16 Beximco factories sparks protests, police action

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Tourist ship services on Cox’s Bazar-St Martin resume

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent After nine months of suspension, tourist ship on the Cox’s Bazar to St Martin route resumed movement. ‘MV Baro Awlia’, carrying 620 passengers, left Cox’s Bazar’s BIWTA

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