Sukanta Halder is the Staff Correspondent of The Daily Star.
Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
Idra is yet to set up the Life Policyholders Protection Fund although more than a decade has passed
TCB trucks are currently found in 30 spots across Dhaka, with each capable of serving 300 people
price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month
Food inflation at 12.56 percent in October this year is the highest in a decade
Enterprises running small-scale operations in Bangladesh are suffering from a significant fall in sales at a time when inflationary pressure has pushed up production costs
The nationwide blockade being observed by several political parties in Bangladesh is taking its toll on businesses as sales have plunged.
Mohammad Alauddin, who drives a CNG-run three-wheeler on hire for a living, had waited to no avail for passengers at Pallabi of Dhaka yesterday during the usual peak hours from 10:00am to 12:27pm.
Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
Idra is yet to set up the Life Policyholders Protection Fund although more than a decade has passed
TCB trucks are currently found in 30 spots across Dhaka, with each capable of serving 300 people
price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month
Food inflation at 12.56 percent in October this year is the highest in a decade
Enterprises running small-scale operations in Bangladesh are suffering from a significant fall in sales at a time when inflationary pressure has pushed up production costs
The nationwide blockade being observed by several political parties in Bangladesh is taking its toll on businesses as sales have plunged.
Mohammad Alauddin, who drives a CNG-run three-wheeler on hire for a living, had waited to no avail for passengers at Pallabi of Dhaka yesterday during the usual peak hours from 10:00am to 12:27pm.
The nationwide blockade being observed by several political parties in Bangladesh is taking its toll on businesses as sales have plunged. The transport blockade, set to enter its fifth phase on Wednesday, aims at forcing the current government to step down and pave the way for holding the next parliamentary election under a non-partisan interim government.
Payments against claims of around 10 lakh policyholders are hanging in the balance as 29 life insurance companies are not clearing dues owing to a liquidity crisis, official figures showed.