Mohammad Kabir Hossain learned the nuts and bolts of bus building from his guru Ladla at the Ryad Engineering Workshop in Savar. Although Ladla is an expert in building AC buses, he also taught Kabir how to build non-AC buses and minibuses. “In 2000, at the age of 20, I joined the workshop as a…
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The elections were held in an overall orderly and festive atmosphere, said Kazi Habibul Awal, the chief election commissioner After a day-long vote in Khulna and Barisal amid a peaceful atmosphere on Monday, the two ruling Awami League-nominated mayoral candidates became victorious, defeating their closest contestants from Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) by a margin of…
The government hopes that the country’s current account deficit will go within the next two years after being negative for most of the past decade. In the medium term, the balance of payments (BOP) will improve further, and the current account balance would return to a positive quadrant by the end of FY26, said the…
On January 25 , 10-year government bonds worth 10 billion soums were issued for the first time at the Republican Currency Exchange (UzRCE) . Also on that day, 5-year government bonds worth 174.5 billion soums were placed. The weighted average coupon payment on these securities amounted to 15% and 14.5% per annum, respectively, setting a benchmark for a 10-year…
According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-December 2022, the foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan reached $50,008.4 million, which, compared to the same period in 2021, increased by $7,837.9 million (an increase of 18.6%). Uzbekistan has trade relations with 204 countries. The largest volume of foreign trade turnover was recorded with Russia (18.6%), China (17.8%),…