The trap of litigation in pursuit of cash
The trap of litigation in pursuit of cash

Monwar Hossain, hailed from Bonerchar village of Dhamrai area of Dhaka, died of cancer six years ago. However, his sister Jasmine Sultana alias Asma Akter filed a case in the court on last October in charge of killing her brother. The police of Dhamrai Thana are conducting investigation over the...

Institutional infrastructures destroyed in last 15 yrs: Commerce Advisor
Institutional infrastructures destroyed in last 15 yrs: Commerce Advisor

Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin said in the last 15 years, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has been destroyed the most. He said, The previous government laundered about Tk 28 lakh crore. Theyve destroyed the institutions using the institutions as medium of laundering. Among...

Government to sell TCB products to families of 10 lakh garment workers
Government to sell TCB products to families of 10 lakh garment workers

The government has approved the sale of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) products at subsidized prices to an additional 10 lakh garment workers families, expanding the coverage alongside the existing one crore families already benefiting from the TCB family card program. This initiative has...

Dinosaur skeleton goes for 6 million euros in Paris sale
Dinosaur skeleton goes for 6 million euros in Paris sale

The skeleton of a 22-metre-long dinosaur (70 feet) fetched six million euros ($6.4 million) Saturday, journalists learned from auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa, reports BSS, citing AFP. Report says, an anonymous collector snapped up the vegetarian apatosaurus, which was excavated...

Tk 916 Crore Overspending on Coal Purchases
Tk 916 Crore Overspending on Coal Purchases

The authorities overseeing the Matarbari Thermal Power Plant in Coxs Bazar, Bangladeshs largest and most expensive coal-fired power plant, have come under scrutiny for allegedly overpaying for coal. The government is now facing an additional cost of 916 crore 44 lakh Taka. Meghna Group has been...

Govt to procure soybean oil, sugar, chickpeas
Govt to procure soybean oil, sugar, chickpeas

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure some 32.60 lakh liters of soybean oil, 10,000 Metric Tons (MTs) of chickpeas and 5,000 MTs of sugar to meet the growing demand of the country ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan, reports BSS. The approval came from the 10th...