The villagers collected money and built a one and a half kilometer road
For this reason, the Debt Management Department made several recommendations. These include making necessary arrangements in the electronic system of Bangladesh Bank for placing the bonds as collateral; To adjust the funds from the current accounts of the banks by releasing the lien of the collateral bonds on maturity and depositing those funds in the […]
Over the past year, the banking sector regulator has taken various initiatives to tackle high inflation. Also, some important steps were taken in line with the suggestions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the previous monetary policy, Bangladesh Bank had taken initiatives such as introduction of interest rate corridor system, withdrawal of interest rate […]
According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), before COP28, the Earth was heading towards catastrophic warming of between 2.5C and 2.9C by 2100. Dubai’s decision does not change the reality that the world is not on track, said Inger Anderson, its executive director. “The hard work of decarbonization must begin now,” Anderson said, calling […]
Last year, Bangladesh’s rank on this scale was 41st. According to the index, Haiti, Chad, Myanmar and Congo are the most at-risk countries and Iceland is the least at-risk country for money laundering and terrorist financing. In the index, the United States of America (USA) is ranked 119th and the United Kingdom is ranked 140th.
Meanwhile, Atif completed two decades in the music industry this year. This year also became special for him because he and his wife Sara became parents of a daughter. In March, Atif announced the arrival of the little one, writing, “The wait is finally over. The new queen of my heart has arrived… Baby and […]
However, the organization also pointed to some challenges. These are: persistent inflationary pressures, increased volatility of global financial conditions, and aggravation of recession in major trading partners. The visit of the IMF team, led by Rahul Anand, the head of the organisation’s Asia and Pacific region, began on 26 April. Over 12 days, the team […]
Policy makers expected many people to take advantage of this opportunity to bring money back into the country. But no one wanted to register their names as money launderers in the first 10 months of the financial year. When asked, Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow, Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), told Prothom Alo that “When the […]
According to the police, Kayum Chowdhary reached Syedpur bus terminal from his work place by bus on Tuesday afternoon carrying about 375000 taka in a bag. He then took an auto-rickshaw to reach his residence at Niyapatpur Sarkarpara. After this he left the auto rickshaw and went home, but forgot to take the bag of […]
To provide emergency treatment service to road accident victims, Ilyas Ahmed Choudhary Trauma Center has been set up at Dattapara, Shibchar, Madaripur at a cost of 120 crores. Health Minister Zahid Malek inaugurated the health facility next to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway in November last year, but treatment service is yet to start. […]
It cannot be denied that due to the range of offenses covered under the Money Laundering Act, multiple agencies have to be involved in the investigation. But due to lack of co-ordination among the investigating agencies, advanced technology, surveillance equipment and trained manpower, it is taking forever to complete the investigation of each case. Most […]
