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The long awaited Payra bridge, which will facilitate road transport between a seaport and popular tourist destinations nearby, is finally nearing completion a good five years after its original due date.

The cargo village at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is failing to accommodate the rising volume of export-bound goods, piling up losses on suppliers as they are struggling to ship merchandises on time.

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to improve the living standard of farmers.

Nine foreign and domestic firms are going to invest $55 million in Bangladesh’s hi-tech parks to set up manufacturing units for a number of products, including semiconductors, digital devices, and medical equipment.

Stocks at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to rise for a third consecutive day, sending the bourse’s prime index to an all-time high.

According to a government decision, programmes with advertisements on foreign channels cannot be shown in Bangladesh.

The government approved four separate proposals for procuring 1.20 lakh metric tons of fertilizer and another proposal for importing 40,000 metric tons of furnace oil to meet the growing demand in the country.

The East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery has been undermined by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which is likely slowing economic growth and increasing inequality in the region, the World Bank said on Monday.

The Bangladesh Bank sold Bangladesh Bank bills worth Tk 38,869.5 crore to the scheduled banks in August and September to contain the excess liquidity in the country’s banking channel.

The board of the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) has sent the bourse’s managing director Mamun-Ur-Rashid on forced leave for a month and sought approval from the regulator to remove him for misuse of power.