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The sale of advance return train tickets after Eid-ul-Fitr begins on Saturday morning. These tickets will be sold for 6 days from 8 am on Saturday. Commuters have to purchase their tickets online and mobile apps, According to railway information, among the advance return tickets, April 25 tickets will be sold on April 15, April 26 tickets on April 16, ...

India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $6.3 billion to jump to $584.76 billion for the week ended 7 April, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) statistical supplement showed on Friday, report agencies This the highest in nine months, according to data released by the central bank. In the last reporting week, the forex exchange reserves snapped a two-week rising trend ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercials banks to ensure smooth and uninterrupted transactions through the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Point of Sale (POS), Internet Banking, Online e-Payment Gateway and Mobile Financial Services (MFS) during the vacation of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a circular, the BB instructed the banks to ensure adequate security at the ATM booths, create awareness among the merchants ...

The government has set a target to procure 4 lakh tonnes of paddy, 12.50 lakh tonnes of boiled rice and one lakh tonne wheat in the upcoming Boro season. The procurement of Boro paddy and rice will start from May 7 and continue till August 31, 2023, reports UNB. The procurement price of Boro paddy has been fixed at Tk ...

Despite the fall in poverty rate in the country, the monthly average household expenditure has become doubled in six years. The poverty rate in Bangladesh has declined to 18.7 per cent and the extreme poverty rate stood at 5.6 per cent, according to the data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). According to 2016 statistics of the BBS, the ...

Bangabazar traders temporarily set up chowkis and resumed their business under the open sky defying sun heat. Mainly, due to Eid-ul-Fitr, the place has been temporarily arranged for the traders. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) made the arrangements for them on temporary basis. Some were found using large umbrellas to protect themselves and buyers from the scorching sun. Earlier, bricks ...

The government has raised the prices of per kg fertilisers by Tk 5. Agriculture Ministry on Monday issued an order in this regard increasing the price of urea, DAP, TSP and MOP fertilisers. The new price will come into effect from Monday (April 10). The price of fertiliser was revised in line with the ongoing global economic situation and the ...

Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has decided to reduce the gold price by Tk 1,983 per bhori. With the new rate effective from Tuesday, price of 22-carat gold was reduced from Tk 99,144 to Tk 97,161 per bhori, according to a press release issued by BAJUS. BAJUS said the rate was re-fixed as the prices of pure gold declined in the ...

The austerity in public spending will continue in the next fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) in a bid to ease the escalating tension over economic uncertainty. The Planning Commission is likely to resort to priority-based ADP fund release in FY 2023-24 like the current fiscal year, the commission suggested. No unnecessary new projects will be picked up while special ...

Bangladesh Bank has started releasing new taka notes for exchange from Sunday, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, at specific branches of scheduled banks. The central bank in a notification said that until April 17 (except weekends and public holidays), these notes will be available through certain branches of banks in the Dhaka region and through the offices of Bangladesh Bank, ...