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Holy Shab-e-Qadr today
Soon the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts will be calm: Obaidul Quader
KNF attack to loot money and show capability: RAB
Kidnapped manager of Sonali Bank returns to his family
Home Minister to visit Bandarban tomorrow to inspect situation
Denmark is interested in investing $130 crore in wind power generation
Dhaka, July 19: Denmark has expressed interest in investing USD 130 crore in offshore wind power generation in Bangladesh. Ambassador of Denmark Winnie Estrup Petersen expressed this interest during a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.
'Tariff policy' being used to expand market for domestic products
Dhaka, July 18: The government is doing tariff policy to expand the market and trade of Bangladeshi products in the international market. For this purpose, the cabinet has given the in-principle approval of the draft of 'National Tariff Policy, 2023'. The Cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday.
Record Tk 10,801 cr came in remittance in 14 days in July: Report
Dhaka, July 17: The dollar crisis in the country is not over yet. In the meantime, Bangladesh Bank is constantly providing dollars from foreign currency reserves to meet urgent import expenses. It is also straining the reserves. Net reserves (IMF accounting system) decreased to 23.57 billion dollars.
Indian rupee exchange will reduce dependence on reserves: Pranay Verma
Dhaka, July 12: Pranay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner appointed in Dhaka, said that Indian rupee exchange will reduce dependence on foreign exchange reserves.
The revenue deficit in the last financial year is Tk 44,000 crores
Dhaka, July 10: National Board of Revenue (NBR) failed to achieve revenue collection targets. In the recently concluded financial year 2022-23, the revenue target of the organization was Tk 3 lakh 70 thousand crores. Against this, Tk 3 lakh 25 thousand 272 crores have been collected. This is Tk 44 thousand 728 crores less than the target. Tax collection has increased by 8 percent in the last financial year. As a result, NBR failed to achieve the revenue collection target for 11 consecutive years.
Transactions in rupees with India started on July 11
Dhaka, July 9, 2023 : In addition to the existing system of dealing with India in US dollars, the transaction in rupees will start on Tuesday, July 11.
Record export revenue of $55.55 billion recorded in outgoing fiscal year
Dhaka, July 4: Exports continued to have a positive impact on exports in June as a result of May. Compared to the same month of the previous year, Bangladesh's export income increased by 2.51 percent in June. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) report, it was USD 531 crore or 5.31 billion dollars in June.
Chilly prices drops to Tk 200 day after import
Dhaka, July 3: After the arrival of raw chilli imported from India, the price of the product in the capital Dhaka has started to fall. In the meantime, the wholesale price of raw chillies has come down below Tk 200. And at the retail level, a kg of raw chillies is available for Tk 250, which rose to Tk 600 two days ago.
Remittance of Tk 23,859 cr came in June, highest in last 3 years
Dhaka, July 3: In June, remittances of USD 219 crore 90 lakh came to the country. Its amount in local currency (1 USD= Tk 108.50) is more than Tk 23,859 crore. This amount is the highest in any single month in three years.
Remaining of Adani's power starts coming from India's Jharkhand
Dhaka, June 28: The second unit of Adani Group's power generation plant at Godda in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has also finally successfully entered 'commercial operation'. As a result, uninterrupted power supply of 748 MW has started in Bangladesh from that unit, which is expected to play a big positive role in dealing with the power crisis of the country.
Prices go up, small cows not available even for Tk 1 lakh
Dhaka, June 26: Despite the increase in demand for small cows at low prices during Eid-ul-Azha, no cow can be found below one hundred thousand taka. As a result, cow buyers are going back from the market empty handed. Last year a cow of the same size or weight was sold for less than 90,000 taka. This year, the lowest price is Tk 120,000.
Indian green chilly enters Bangladeshi through Hili landport
Dhaka, June 26: After a long 10 months to keep the price normal, the import of green chilly has started through Hili land port of Dinajpur. On Monday (June 26) at 10:30 a.m., a truck loaded with green chilly entered Bangladesh.
Over a million Bangladeshi migrant labourers have travelled abroad in current year
Dhaka, June 26: In the current year till June 15, 10 lakh 74 thousand 552 workers have left Bangladesh for work in different countries of the world. Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Minister Imran Ahmad gave this information in response to a question asked by Member of Parliament for Bhola-2 Ali Azam during the question and answer session of the National Parliament on Monday, June 26. Speaker Dr. Shireen Sharmin Chowdhury chaired the question and answer table.
Budget worth 7 lakh 61 thousand 785 crores passed
Dhaka, June 26: Keeping in view the current government's ongoing development and the goal of achieving higher growth, the National Parliament has passed a budget of Tk 7 lakh 61 thousand 785 crore for the financial year 2023-24. On Monday, June 26, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed the budget for the current financial year and it was passed by voice vote.
Reserve again reaches $31 billion mark
Dhaka, June 26: The country's foreign exchange reserves have started to return to a positive trend. The reserve increased again in two days. Reserves rose to USD 30.85 billion on Sunday. This information was obtained from Bangladesh Bank sources.