Fresh STP estimates big-budget investment worth $59b
A big-budget investment of US$59 billion is estimated in an updated strategic plan to improve Dhaka's transport system as officials say lacking in planning heretofore resulted in the capital city's deteriorating traffic situation.The investment requirement has been proposed in the Strategic Transport Plan (STP), now being revised for a second...
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CA for establishing Microcredit Bank
Claiming that microcredit is the "real banking", Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday stressed establishing a 'Microcredit Bank' to create more entrepreneurs by disbursing collateral-free small credit among young people."Microcredit has reached such a stage...we have to think it anew - establishment of Microcredit Bank. This is NGO now,...
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Rallies, demos banned in some areas from today, says ISPR
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has announced a ban on all forms of rallies, processions, and demonstrations in several areas of the capital, effective from Sunday until further notice, ISPR said in a statement issued on Saturday.The ban will be in effect in and around: Kochukhet Road; from Bijoy Sarani...
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Tk 2.30t ADP gets approval today
A meticulously cobbled Tk 2.30-trillion annual development programme (ADP), this interim government's maiden make of national development recipe, gets the all-clear today (Sunday) with enhanced allocations to struggling health and education sectors, officials said.The outlay will be 13.2-percent lower than the original Tk 2.65 trillion worth of ADP of the...
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Hitu Sheikh to die in child rape- murder case, three acquitted
MAGURA, May 17 (BSS): A court here on Saturday convicted and sentenced prime accused Hitu Sheikh to death, but acquitted three others in a sensational case lodged over the rape and subsequently murder of an eight-year-old girl in the district in March.Judge M Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and...
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Q1 RMG exports to EU surge 33pc
The country has witnessed an impressive 33 per cent growth in shipping readymade garments to the European Union (EU) in the first quarter of 2025, fetching 5.68 billion euro.According to the latest Eurostat data released on Friday, Bangladesh's total apparel exports to the EU rose by 1.41 billion euro during...
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Israeli strikes kill 146 in Gaza in a day
Israel's airforce killed at least 146 Palestinians in new attacks on Gaza over the past 24 hours and injured many more, local health authorities said on Saturday, as the country appeared set to press ahead with a new ground offensive, reports Reuters.Israeli strikes since Thursday have seen one of the...
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