The World Bank expects the international economic slowdown to be at its worst in over four decades in 2024. This is mainly due to powerful Western nations’ contractionary macroeconomic and geopolitical policies. Dismal outlook According to the Bank’s last Global Economic Prospects report, world economic growth will be weakest by the end
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No more sufferings for power, fuel from next month: PM
Transport workers’ strike hits commuters hard in Sylhet
Thousands of commuters in Sylhet have been hit, with buses staying off the roads since Tuesday morning in the wake of an indefinite strike called by Sylhet district transport workers. Sylhet district road transport workers coordination council called the strike on Monday evening to press home their five-point demand. They have
Commuters suffer on gridlocked city roads after rains
Commuters in Dhaka have been stuck for hours in traffic jams triggered by incessant rains since Tuesday morning. Students and office-goers suffered immensely due to traffic chaos at several points of Dhaka, including Tongi, Uttara, Airport, Mohakhali, Bijoy Sarani and Bangla Motor areas. Vehicles were seen stranded for hours on these
Sufferings rise in flood-hit Kurigram
People inflood-hit Kurigram district are suffering increasingly due to lack of pure drinking water, food and sanitation. Though water levels of almost all rivers have subsided to a large extent, some are still flowing above the danger mark. Still two lakh people in nine upazilas of the district are homeless. While some