Planning Minister MA Mannan on has said that Bangladesh economy is moving toward a comfortable position with the restoration of global food supply after Russia’s recent deal with Ukraine allowing export of food grains. The minister said this at a press briefing at his office in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, while releasing the inflation data prepared by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) ...

A man arrested with a crossbow at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home on Christmas Day last year has been charged with having a weapon with intent to “alarm her Majesty” under Britain’s Treason Act, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, from Southampton in southern England, had been arrested on Dec. 25 while carrying a crossbow in ...

Jewellers have raised the price of gold by Tk 1,050 to Tk 82,348 per bhori (11.664 grams) due to a hike in the price of the precious metal in the international market. The price of 22-carat gold is now Tk 7,060 per gram while it is Tk 6,740 for 21-carat gold, according to a press release issued by Bangladesh Jewellers ...

Bangla Trac Group founder, group chairman and former chairman of Prime Bank Limited Aminul Huque passed away in Dhaka on Wednesday. Aminul Huque was also the founder of Bangla Trac Group’s business establishments. Aminul Huque was born in 1940. He got his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1962. He was involved in ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in a meeting on Tuesday turned down a proposal from Teletalk Bangladesh Limited to introduce a fifth generation or 5G network in the capital. Chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the decision was taken at a virtual meeting to save dollars amid acute shortage of the foreign currency reserves in the ...

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling essential items to family cardholders across the country at a subsidized rate. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi formally inaugurated the operations of the Programme at Babor Road area in the capital’s Mohammadpur on Tuesday morning. Some one-crore families across the country having cards would be able to buy such essential items ...

The British High Commission has invited applications from Bangladeshis for Chevening Scholarships to study in the United Kingdom. The scholarship offers full financial support for scholars to study for any eligible master’s degree at any UK university whilst also gaining access to a wide range of exclusive academic, professional, and cultural experiences. Applications will be accepted from August 2 to ...

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling sugar, lentil and soybean oil at subsidised prices to one crore low-income families from Tuesday (August 2) instead of Monday. Although the allocation has started, the products will be available at the consumer level on Tuesday after Commerce  minister will inaugurate the program, TCB said on Monday morning. Only family cardholders can ...

Russian state-run company Gazprom has said it has stopped sending gas to Latvia after accusing it of violating supply conditions, a move the Baltic country said would have little impact on its gas supplies. Russia has already cut off gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Netherlands and Denmark, which refused to pay for gas in line with an order by ...

Edible oil is still being sold at the previous higher prices, even though the government has announced a reduction in prices of the goods in the country. Consumers are still buying the goods at their previous higher prices, as the markets are yet to see an increase in oil supply. The government and the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Banaspati ...