Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
According to the review, deposits are increasing by 1000 billion taka every year. But loans are increasing by about 1500 billion taka every year. Meanwhile, one-third of the total deposits have come in the form of fixed deposit receipts (FDR). One-fourth of the loans have gone to the government. According to the Economic Review, total […]
Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in Bangladesh on Monday, so the sale of sacrificial animals has started tomorrow i.e. Thursday in a total of 20 permanent and temporary markets in Dhaka city – nine cattle markets in Dhaka South and 11 cattle markets in Dhaka North city corporations. The sale will continue until the morning of […]
In 2020 the police headquarters took initiatives to bring about reforms in the police force. This included “implementing Vision 2021 and Vision 2041” and researching on creating a “people's police”, which included promotions, transfers, holidays, housing, healthcare, children's education, behaviour, corruption, and resolving problems faced by female police members. The participants in the research gave […]
According to her BA (pass) certificate, Benazir got 517 marks out of 1,100, which is less than 50 per cent. But she mentioned in the application that she had scored 301 marks out of 500 in the degree or equivalent examination. The passing year in her degree (pass) certificate was 1982, but she mentioned the […]
Traffic jam was also witnessed in Govindganj market area of Gaibandha as vehicles were plying on a single lane due to expansion work of the highway. Saidur Rahman, a bus driver on the Rangpur-Dhaka route, told Prothom Alo that lane expansion work is going on at 12 places from Satibari in Rangpur to Bangabandhu Bridge […]
There is a provision for financial aid for workers through the Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation, a welfare organisation for workers, but it is inaccessible to child workers because of legal barriers against child labour. The Department of Social Services has grants for children in distress, not for child labour. However, due to lack of proper […]
The Indian border stretches for 271 km through Jhenaidah, Jashore and Chuadanga districts. Law enforcers said gold is smuggled in various ways, such as hidden inside vehicles, inside the stomach or anus, tied to the body or kept inside the insoles of sandals or shoes. The Chuadanga battalion of 6 BGB and Maheshpur battalion of […]
Citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, the FAO report said about 16.5 million people will face high levels of acute food insecurity from April to October 2024, while the number is projected to be 14.6 million in the February to March 2024 period. Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has […]
Binayak Sen, director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), told Prothom Alo that he thinks it is necessary to reduce duties on essential goods to almost zero for at least a year, and there may also be some advance income tax. He said the government may take a closer look at the […]
Paikabandha beat officer Ahmed Ali Mandal said that in the last one and a half years, two houses were built on forest land and a person named Saiful Islam and Akkas Ali built the houses by cutting the trees of the forest. When the forest officials tried to stop them, they showed the land documents […]
Despite being acquitted, Salahuddin could not return home. Regarding this, he said, “There is no case against me, the court has acquitted me, but I am not being sent back. Some people believe that I am not returning home on my own will… a misconception prevails here.” Instead he asked the Ministry of External Affairs […]
Though the government is trying to reassure people, no one is believing it because the base has become weak. Apart from this, there is also pressure to fulfill various conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This multidimensional pressure has also affected the upcoming national budget. The growth rate which was more than 10 percent […]
Meanwhile, a large number of foreign companies are facing difficulties in sending home dividends from investments in Bangladesh and income from various services and products. Their stuck money amounts to about Tk 5 billion. Experts see these debt liabilities as a new challenge for the government. Amid these growing concerns, Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud […]
There is nothing in the ACC Act about banning foreign travel of persons under investigation. On 20 December 2020, the ACC issued a letter to the Immigration Police Superintendent (Airport), asking him to take measures to prevent a person named Ataur Rahman from leaving the country. The ACC had said that an investigation is going […]
Akram opened a business firm in his wife's name in 2008 to legalise his illegal assets. However, according to the ACC report, there are no valid documents of that business. The ACC analysed the transaction history of 25 bank accounts and found that such a large amount of transactions is not commensurate with the size […]
