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Foreign aid ebbs when forex needed much

Foreign-aid flow into Bangladesh ebbs down amid slow development-project execution over the months following domestic belt-tightening and global doldrums, say analysts, when forex is much needed for the country.After many moons, the foreign-assistance inflow is showing a falling trend in the current fiscal year (FY) 2022-23, an FE analysis has...

IORA ministers meet PM

The visiting foreign ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of the member states and dialogue partners of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) today met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban, reports BSS.The ministers of India, Comoros, Maldives, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE and...

BBA to celebrate 1st tube civil work completion today

The country's first river tunnel under the Karnaphuli is likely to be opened for traffic in a few months, as civil work on the first tube of the 3.2-kilometre-long Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Tunnel is completed.The Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) is the executing agency of the Tk 105.37-billion project. It will...

Sugar retail prices up by Tk 12-13 a kg

Sugar prices remained mu-ch higher at Tk 115 to 120 a kg last week despite the government having approved a hike in its official prices as per proposals of the private refiners.The government fixed maximum retail price of loose sugar at Tk 102 and packet sugar at Tk 108 a...

Senegal beat Qatar to leave World Cup hosts on brink of early exit

DOHA, Nov 25 (AFP): Host nation Qatar were pushed to the brink of an early elimination from their own World Cup on Friday after a 3-1 defeat to Senegal.Goals either side of half-time from Boulaye Dia and Famara Diedhiou gave Senegal the lead before Qatar substitute Mohammed Muntari replied in...

BD on track to become a trillion-dollar economy

Boarding on an ambitious business community, fast-growing consumer market and improved industrial and agricultural output, Bangladesh's GDP will touch down the trillion dollar mark sooner than the expectation.The observation came at an event to unveil a report titled "The Trillion Dollar Prize -Local Champions Leading the Way" at a hotel...

South Korean capital launches self-driving bus experiment

SEOUL, Nov 25 (AFP): South Korea's capital launched its first self-driving bus route on Friday, part of an experiment which engineers said aims to make people feel more comfortable with driverless vehicles on the roads.The new vehicle does not look like a regular bus and has rounded edges along with...