The merchandise exports have been above the threshold of $5 billion for the fourth consecutive month as the country registered exports worth $5.1 billion in March. There was an year-on-year increase of 9.88 per cent in exports in March, according to the latest data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) on Tuesday. The cumulative…
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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit New Delhi after the general elections in India but the date of the visit has not been finalised, foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said in his office on Wednesday afternoon. When asked citing the Indian media reports that prime minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India at the last week…
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said members of militant outfit Kuki-Chin National Front’s (KNF) members were involved with a robbery attempt in Sonali Bank’s Ruma branch. The militants have abducted Sonali Bank’s branch manager. The minister said this to journalists at the secretariat today. Earlier on Tuesday night, the KNF militants attacked the Sonali Bank branch…
The pressure to repay the foreign debts is mounting on the country gradually. The repayment of foreign debts has exceeded USD 2 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal. Bangladesh had to repay a total of USD 2.03 billion from July to February, which is 43 per cent more as compared to…
Two specialist physicians from the United States arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to assist in the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dr Hamid Rabb and Dr James PA Hamilton from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:15pm, said BNP Chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar. He said…