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Tea production hits record

Bangladesh has beat its record in tea production as a total of 96.50 million kilogrammes (kgs) of the plant were produced by 167 farms across the country last year. This is the highest annual yield on record, eclipsing 2020’s harvest by a good 10.111 million kgs, according to officials of …

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Govt moves to reopen textile mills thru PPP

With the goal of attracting local and foreign investment to modernise and reopen closed textile mills, the government has called for open international tenders for four out of 16 textile mills through public-private partnerships (PPP). The move comes after the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) initiated a process of handing …

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Inflation hits 13-month high

The point-to-point inflation in December 2021 hit 13-months high at 6.05 per cent as the raise in diesel and kerosene prices continued to push up the prices of non-food items, officials said on Tuesday. In October 2020, the general inflation was recorded 6.44 per cent by the Bangladesh Bureau of …

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