Gulam Rabbani :The rate of disposal of cases in the subordinate courts across the country has increased by 32.40 per cent, according to a report of the Supreme Court administration. In the first six months, from January to June this year, the disposal rate of the cases was average 91.90 per cent. However, period of the last year, the average disposal during the corresponding rate of the cases was 59.50 per cent. According to the report, a total of 0.74...
Day: September 17, 2022
Staff Reporter :Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) grew by 11.06 per cent in the first two months (July-August) period of the current fiscal year (2022-23) amid the economic turmoil in the county.The revenue achieved the growth riding on customs wing due to the rise in commodities’ prices in the international market, NBR officials said. The state coffer managed to collect Tk 38,343 crore against the target of Tk 43,590 crore set for the two months period,...
UNB :Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the government will fix the retail prices of nine essential commodities within a week keeping in pace with world market.Besides, hanging of the price list will be made mandatory at all shops to bring stability in the market, he said.The Commerce Minister made the remarks while responding to a question of a journalist after attending the 16th annual conference of Garments Sramik Federation at Jatiya Press Club on Friday morning.Tariff Commission has been...
Reuters :The world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks across the world simultaneously hike interest rates to combat persistent inflation, the World Bank said on Thursday.The world’s three largest economies – the United States, China, and the euro area – have been slowing sharply, and even a “moderate hit to the global economy over the next year could tip it into recession,” the bank said in a new study.It said the global economy was now in...
Staff Reporter :More than 200 BNP men have been sued in connection with Thursday’s clash at Mirpur in the capital.Pallabi Police Station’s sub-inspector Saiful Islam filed the case on Friday. Some 75 leaders and workers of BNP and its front organisations, and some 100 to 150 unidentified persons have been made accused in the case.Police brought the charges of obstructing them in performing their duties, vandalism and injuring them in the case.Pallabi Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Parvez Islam said seven...
Staff Reporter :Jatiya Party is now sitting on the fence as to whether it will go with the Awami League alliance in the next parliamentary polls or not. The party chairman GM Quader also said that Jatiya Party did not form any alliance with Awami League in the last general election, rather there were some election related understandings between the two parties to support each other. “We want to talk in favour of the country and the people. If the...
BBC Online :An enormous fire has engulfed a skyscraper in the Chinese city of Changsha, state media reports.Footage posted on...
UNB :Barrister Abul Hasnat, the first mayor of Dhaka City Corporation and a founding member of BNP, died on Friday...
Staff Reporter :The price of egg is again showing upward trend after the unusual price hike of egg in the country’s history. At the same time, the price of vegetables and rice also is rising surprisingly. There are no vegetables below Tk 40 in the capital kitchen market except green papaya and potato. After visiting few egg markets in the capital, it was seen that the businessmen were selling per dozen eggs at Tk 150 whereas one week earlier it...
News Desk :The UN food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation – and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine.David Beasley, executive director of the UN World Food Program, told the UN Security Council that the 345 million people facing acute food insecurity in the 82 countries where the agency operates is 2½ times the number of acutely food...