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GDP growth to reach 8.13pc this fiscal

The country's economy is estimated to grow 8.13 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY), buoyed by the strong performance of the industrial and service sectors, the government's provisional data show.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disclosed the GDP growth rate as estimated by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...

Bus in race kills student in city

A reckless bus ran over a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), leaving him dead on the spot in the capital's Norda area that triggered day-long agitation by students blocking Pragati Sarani.The deceased, Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, 20, a first-semester student of International Relations (IR) department at BUP, was crossing...

Indifference, liking for ad-hoc solution blamed

The government's protracted 'indifference' and propensity to look for 'ad-hoc' solution to the country's energy crisis have been delaying the domestic hydrocarbon (HC) exploration, energy experts said.The country passed the leanest decade of hydrocarbon discovery in its history as the consequence of 'lower than expected' exploration, they also said."It is...

Budget to focus on education, infrastructure, urbanisation

Education, infrastructure development and planned urbanisation of villages will receive priority of the government in the budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday. "Certainly, we have to increase our allocation for the education sector," the finance minister said after...

AL leader shot dead in Rangamati

Amid a tense situation over the death of seven people in a gun attack in Baghaichhari upazila on Monday, Bilaichhari upazila Awami League president was gunned down by some miscreants at Farua in the upazila on Tuesday morning, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Suresh Kanti Tongchanga.Alamgir Kabir, superintendent of...

Govt revises down ADP to Tk 1.65tn

The government revised the Annual Development Programme (ADP) on Tuesday, trimming the fund allocation by 4.62 per cent to Tk 1.65 trillion.In the revised ADP, the transport sector has got top priority as the government has allocated Tk 380.40 billion, 23.05 per cent of the total outlay, for it.The allocation...

News Watch- (20-3-2019)

Now travel advice for B'deshis in AustraliaBangladesh has issued travel advice for its nationals living in Australia and travelling to the country. They are advised to be vigilant at all times, particularly in public places, stay informed of potential risks to safety and security by monitoring the media and other...