Spectrum auction to fetch Tk 2.37 billion per unit

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Bangladesh plans to earn Tk 2.37 billion per unit from 700MHz spectrum auction as the government approves the long-awaited financial terms for selling the highly coveted telecommunic... Read More

Korail slum blaze tamed after five hours as inhabitants watch homes collapse

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- A devastating fire that raged for more than five hours in the Korail slum of Dhaka's Mohakhali has finally been brought under control, while the air filled with the cries of resident... Read More

Nutritional transition in South Asia

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Because of a major shift in dietary patterns and lifestyle changes due to urbanisation and rising incomes, low- and middle-income countries are experiencing a rapid nutrition transit... Read More

One-third of Dhaka's street boys sexually exploited, study reveals

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Almost a third of street-involved boys in Dhaka are victims of survival-driven sexual exploitation, according to landmark national research released on Monday by The Freedom Fund in ... Read More

Include water issues in election manifesto

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- International Farakka Committee (IFC) Bangladesh called on all the political parties to include the country's most pressing water issues in their election manifestoes. They made the... Read More

Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad to blockade Ctg port tomorrow

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- CHATTOGRAM, Nov 24: Leaders of the Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) will impose a three-hour blockade of the Chittagong Port beginning at 10:00 am tomorrow, as their meeting w... Read More

Most banks see high technology costs, cybersecurity concerns as key barriers

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- Some 90 per cent of surveyed banks have identified the high cost of technology as the key obstacle to the digitalisation of trade finance in Bangladesh, a research report has reveale... Read More

60 left-behind workers depart for Malaysia

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- The government today (Tuesday) launched an initiative to send workers, who could not go to Malaysia by May 31 last year, while as part of this programme, a flight carrying 60 workers... Read More

Govt lends Tk 10b to troubled ICB to invest in stocks

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) gets a Tk10-billion in interest-bearing government loan to invest in stocks to resuscitate bearish bourses of the country, sources say.... Read More

Bhutan's first transit shipment thru Ctg port set for release today

Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- CHATTOGRAM: Bhutan's maiden transit shipment through Chattogram port is scheduled for delivery today (Tuesday), two months after its arrival was delayed due to pending approvals from... Read More

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