Growth likely to slow to 4 percent this fiscal: World Bank
In the current financial year, the economic growth in Bangladesh may decrease to 4 percent. The World Bank forecasts weak growth in investment and industry and moderate growth in agriculture as a result of recent floods. The World Bank’s South Asia Development Update published today on Wednesday said that Bangladesh’s growth will slow down to…
Most of the factories in Ashulia are open, 55 are closed
In the face of workers’ dissatisfaction in Dhaka’s Ashulia, the authorities have announced stoppage of production of three more garment factories. A total of 55 factories have stopped production. Among them, section 13 (1) of the Labor Act 2006 has declared 46 indefinite closures and the remaining 9 as general holidays. On Tuesday (September 24)…
Govt plans to database beggars: Dipu Moni in Parliament
Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni said that the government has taken a plan to create a database of beggars across the country. Begging will be eradicated by imparting various trainings and counseling to genuine beggars through accurate statistics. The Minister of Social Welfare said this in response to the question of Independent Member of…
When will the actual number of victims in the ‘July genocide’ be known?
Asif Nazrul, advisor to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, has described the killings that took place in Bangladesh in the months of July and August, first centered on the quota and then the movement to overthrow the government, as ‘July genocide’. At least 650 people were killed during this time, the United…
Two cars of Aktaruzzaman, the mastermind of Azim’s murder, have been seized
Dhaka Metropolitan Detective (DB) police have seized two cars of Aktaruzzaman, identified as the mastermind behind the murder of Jhenaidah-4 Constituency Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim. Two cars were seized last Saturday from the garage of Aktaruzzaman’s rented house in Gulshan of the capital. One of the two cars is a white Prado model; The…
Awami ruling group is now losing its soul due to the bravery of shedding the blood of students: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir strongly condemned and protested the incident of armed attack by the government party student organization Chhatra League and members of the law enforcement forces on the peaceful program of the students for the logical demand of reforming the discriminatory quota system. He said these things in a statement…
25 Instructions of Chief Adviser to Secretaries
The chief advisor of the interim government has given 25 instructions to the secretaries of various ministries and departments to build a new Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus. All these instructions of the chief advisor have been sent to the secretaries and senior secretaries from the cabinet department recently. The secretarial meeting held on September 4 was…