Business-Economy

April 26, 2025, 11:43 am

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‘Beautiful Bangladesh Run 2025’ enlivens Hatirjheel, promotes tourism Rizvi demands action against ex-officials for aiding fascism, praises CEC’s election stance Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to fully implement CHT Peace Accord Gunfire exchanged on LoC as India-Pakistan tensions escalate Are traders earning Tk12 profit per litre of soybean oil? AL has no chance to do politics in country: Tuku N’ganj-Joydebpur electric train project may render MRT 4 unnecessary Slow pace in agricultural loan disbursement; experts find it alarming Rajshahi farmers predict bumper litchi production Mother, son killed in Satkhira road accident

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Taskforce suggests making emergency reserves to boost food security

Staff Correspondent: A taskforce of the interim government has recommended establishing emergency security reserves to bolster the country’s food security. “To bolster food security, Bangladesh currently maintains reserve stocks of

Bangladesh seeks full power supply restoration from Adani

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has asked Adani Power to fully resume supplies from its 1,600-megawatt plant in India, a Bangladesh official said, after more than three months of reduced sales with

AIIB to lend Bangladesh $400m

TDS Desk: Bangladesh is getting US$400 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as budget-support credit to finance policy actions for infrastructural development in climate-critical sectors, sources said. The

Petrobangla accelerates local gas production process to reduce LNG dependency

Staff Correspondent: In a bid to reduce reliance on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) is expediting the tender process for drilling 21 wells

Growth in industry, service, Agri suffered most in FY 24

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s industry, service and agricultural sectors’ growth suffered the most in the last fiscal year of 2023-24 (FY24), according to revised data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

New monetary policy aims to bring inflation down to 7-8pc by June

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a new monetary policy for the remainder of the current fiscal year 2024-25, targeting an inflation rate of 7-8% and setting GDP growth