Rice output to rise 45.8pc if full potential tapped

Rice production in Bangladesh remains at 4.8 tonnes per hectare, 1.2 to 2.2 tonnes below the potential yield of 6-7 tonnes, due to constraints such as cultivation of low-yield paddy varieties, according to the final report of the taskforce on sustainable development formed by the planning ministry. Addressing the ongoing...

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Power outages feared in oncoming summer

The growing uncertainty over fuel import and payment of arrears to private power plants have raised the spectre of load shedding across Bangladesh in the upcoming Ramadan and subsequent summer, sector-insiders say.Unlike in the previous year, different areas across the country already have been experiencing load shedding, although not severely,...

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Top 10 corporate entities’ contributions fall 1.25pc

Collection of value-added tax (VAT) from the top 10 corporate taxpayers declined by Tk 4.0 billion or 1.25 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25) from the same period of last FY.Latest data from the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) of the National Board...

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