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The cost for the construction of the four-lane Dhaka bypass road is shooting up by a large margin due to a revision in the project and its timeframe.

Fish production has increased largely in the district following implementation of various programmes by the present government. According to District Fisheries Office sources, 42,336 tons of fish was produced in the year 2019-2020 in the district against the yearly demand of 44,873 tons.

Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) has fixed an all-time record target of producing 10 million kg of made-tea for five northern districts in the ‘Kartoa Valley’ ecological zone this year.

Onion prices shot up in Dhaka markets over the last one week as supply of imported bulbs and early harvested varieties declined.

The Department of Posts has submitted an application to the central bank for further validity extension of the BB’s temporary approval or no objection certificate to the country’s second largest mobile financial service operator Nagad.

Prices of onion and soya bean oil increased further in the kitchen markets of the city over the week ending on Friday.

The high spectrum price means the tariffs for end-users are bound to increase

Proposed People’s Bank got three more months to fulfil conditions Bangladesh Bank is set to form a Tk 500 crore refinancing scheme to provide low-cost loans to budding entrepreneurs.

A Bangabandhu Corner has been inaugurated in the administrative building of Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center (BITAC). Industry Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun inaugurated it on Wednesday at 11 am.BITAC Director General Anwar Hossain Chowdhury presided over the inaugural program. Dr. Syed Ihsanul Karim, Director (Headquarters) of BITAC conveyed the …

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has said in a report that economists and analysts polled in the Survey of Professional Forecasters expect Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 5.8 per cent in 2021.