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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

10 banks on the verge of bankruptcy: Governor

BB clarifies no business accounts frozen TDS Desk: At least 10 banks are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur. To save those banks