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Staff Reporter Jewellers have increased the price of gold by Tk 1225 to Tk 83,281 per bhori (11.664 grams) due to a price hike of pure gold in local market. The price of 22-carat gold is now Tk 7,140 per gram while it is Tk 6,815 for 21-carat gold, according to a press release of Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) issued ...

Country Today Desk Bangladeshi taka has become stronger with increasing remittance inflow and policy measures taken by Bangladesh Bank. Dollar value dropped to Tk 110 in the open market on Thursday from Tk 120 in corresponding day of previous weekend, according to money changers. The official inter-bank rate for dollar is Tk 95. Bangladesh Bank is selling dollars to the ...

Staff Reporter DHAKA – International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) have signed an agreement on 17 August 2022 to enhance workplace safety and health in ten priority economic sectors. Under the agreement, a number of capacity building and promotional activities will be carried out to strengthen workplace safety and health at ...

Staff Reporter Prime Minister’s energy advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has urged officials to work towards building a diversified energy sector. “Creative solutions have to be taken up for resolving the problems in the power and energy sector,” he said, while addressing a webinar, titled ‘Diversified Energy, Enriched Future’, organised by the Energy and Mineral Resources Department on the occasion of ...

Online Desk Sri Lanka’s state-run electricity monopoly will raise tariffs by a stinging 264 percent for people consuming the least, it announced Tuesday, while higher users will face a smaller increase. The loss-making Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said the regulator had allowed it to carry out the sharp increases, the first in nine years, from Wednesday to recoup part of ...

Staff Reporter Remittance inflow rose to a fourteen-month high in July which was around 14 percent higher than the previous month of this year. Bangladesh received $2.09 billion from the migrants overseas in July which was $1.83 billion in June. Remittance flow to Bangladesh also rose to 11.76 percent year-on-year.Migrant workers sent home $1.87 billion in July last year. The ...

Staff Reporter A day-long knowledge sharing seminar titled ‘Enhancement of Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities for Children in Bangladesh’ was held at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Sunday. Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in cooperation with the Institute of Pediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA) organised the seminar. Young-Ah Doh, Country Director, KOICA Bangladesh Office, Prof Md Sharfuddin ...

Sherpur Correspondent The country’s job market is getting overburdened with fresh graduates every day. The sufferings of unemployed looking for traditional jobs know no bounds. However, two educated youths have configured their fortunes in a different way. Being inspired by Youtube videos, they took 25 acres of land on lease and cultivated 100 kinds of fruit. Within one and a ...

Staff Reporter Leading Bangladeshi tech device manufacturer Walton has brought another new product, interactive display with 4K resolution, in the market. Modeled as WSIB75 and WSIB86, the smart interactive boards are ideal for the use of offices, hospitals, classrooms as well as personal computing and entertaining purpose as multimedia display. Walton is providing up to Tk. 20,000 discount on the ...

Online Desk Economists have expressed concern just after Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves slipped below $40 billion, even though that should be capable of meeting six months import payments, based on imports for the immediate past fiscal. Such concern was not seen 12 years ago, when Bangladesh’s forex reserves were only $10.60 billion in the FY2010 (2009-10 fiscal). That is roughly ...