The government will acquire mono-crop growing and less populated areas to establish economic corridors in the south-western (SW) region of the country, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) executive chairman Kazi M Aminul Islam said Sunday.
He said it would help make the specialised industrial zones cost-effective.
"The unused, less-populated and single-cropped land will get priority in acquisition [...]

The number Chinese tourists visiting Bangladesh was much more than the number of Indian tourists visiting the country in 2016, Nikhil Ranjan Roy, Director, Bangladesh Tourism Board said Sunday, reports PTI.
“Last year, the footfall from China was around 40,000 while from India it was 20,000”.
We are targeting 50,000 Indian tourists by December 2018," Nikhil Ranjan [...]

CHITTAGONG, July 09: An expert team from Sumitomo Heavy Industries of Japan has submitted a list of the parts of two gantry cranes damaged by a foreign ship at Chittagong Container Terminal of Chittagong port recently.
The three-member team headed by Etho, general manager of the gantry crane supplier company's industrial handling department, conducted a survey [...]

Bangladesh received a lowest offer of $430 tonne CIF liner out from Phoenix in a tender that opened on Sunday to import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice, officials at the state grains buyer said, reports Reuters.
Bangladesh is stepping up imports due to depleted stocks and record local prices following flash floods.
Six traders competed for Sunday's [...]

PETALING JAYA, July 09: The Immigration Department has rounded up 2,832 foreigners so far following the start of the nationwide crackdown that began on July 01.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said as at 10.30am Sunday, enforcement officers had inspected 458 premises around the country and screened 8,731 people, according to a report by www.thestar.com.my.
"So [...]

JAMALPUR, July 9 (BSS): The flood situation slightly deteriorated in Jamalpur on Sunday as the water level in the Jamuna rose further.
Water Development Board officials said about 20 thousands of people in Islampur,Dewanganj, Melandaha, Sarishabari and Madarganj upazilas in the district were affected by the flood water.
They said the Jamuna rose by 3.0 cm and [...]

Munima Sultana
A slowdown in the Padma Bridge construction has compelled the main Chinese contractor to hire two US and Danish consultants for expediting the work, trying to avert schedule failure.
Official sources said the remedial step came to prevent the crucial project schedule from failure as the main bridge-construction and river-training works were yet to make [...]

FE Report
The government has decided to import 1.1 million tonnes of non-urea fertiliser in the current financial year to raise its use for better production, said officials.
They said cost of the fertiliser will be lesser this year as the government has introduced 'price quotation' method for the private importers to supply one of the major [...]

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Saturday said Indian investments in Bangladesh with possibilities of re-export to India can help bring down the trade gap between the two close-door neighbours.
“Indian investments in Bangladesh with the possibilities of re-export to India can help diversify exports of Bangladesh along with bringing down the trade gap," said Amu [...]

NETRAKONA July 8 (BSS): Poultry farming has shown a unique way to hundreds of unemployed youth and given a significant boost to the rural economy in the district.
District livestock officer Sankar Kumar Bosak told BSS that the state-run banks and other financial institutions have been providing loans under the government's Poverty Alleviation Programmes to establish [...]