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Nation paying homage to language martyrs

The nation is observing the International Mother Language Day (Amar Ekushey), paying tribute to the language movement martyrs who fought and died on February 21 in 1952 to make mother tongue Bangla a state language. 21
The whole country is observing the 62nd Martyrs’ Day to commemorate the Language Movement martyrs through various programmes. In the first hour of the day, President M Abdul Hamid paid homage to language movement martyrs placing floral wreaths at the central Shaheed Minar in the capital at 12:01am. Prime Minister Sheikh...

President, PM pay homage

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid homage to the Language Movement heroes by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past midnight on Friday. PM-shaheedminar-300 Sheikh Hasina has also paid tribute at the altar of the language heroes on behalf of the Bangladesh Awami League. Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, senior AL leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Tofael Ahmed, Tofail Ahmed, Matiya Chowdhuary, among others, were present at the time. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr S...

Telecom ministry takes over tariff checks

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has backtracked from approving any service or tariff of the telecom operators without prior consent from the telecom ministry, New Age reported. btrcBTRC  has been forwarding the operators' service and tariff approval applications to the telecom ministry for the past week following verbal instruction from the commission chairman, according to a BTRC official. Under Section 48 of the Bangladesh Teleco...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Feb 18

DAILY INDICATORS Monday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.75-08.25 05.50-08.25 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,684.07 4,713.88 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicatorMONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Jan. 7.50 7.35 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Jan. 18.12 18.07 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Dec. 2,726.20 2,212.44 Imports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,506.00 2,751.00 ------...

Glencore wins wheat tender at $303/T

Trading firm Glencore has won a tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh after submitting the lowest offer at $303 a tonne including CIF liner out, an official at the state grains purchasing agency said on Monday. wheatThis was the lowest price it has paid in tenders for wheat in the current financial year that began in July 2013. The source of the wheat would be India, market insiders said, as it is competitive with rival supplies from the Black Sea region. Such imports are crucial for the South Asian nation to feed its poor and keep domest...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Feb 17

DAILY INDICATORS Sunday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 07.00-08.25 05.50-08.25 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,713.88 4,759.32 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicatorMONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Jan. 7.50 7.35 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Jan. 18.12 18.07 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Dec. 2,726.20 2,212.44 Imports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Nov. 2,506.00 2,751.00 ------...
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