Morning Brief

BRTC will ease travel for passengers on metro rail

Buses operated by the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will ply from Agargaon and Uttara North (Diabari) stations to facilitate the travel of passengers of metro rail, which may come into operation in December.

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File photo of BRTC bus Mehedi Hasan/ Dhaka Tribune

Sanem: Garment sector's median monthly salary going down while inflation is rising

The macro economy of Bangladesh is still being affected by some long-standing structural issues, in addition to the current global economic turmoil. The ability to fix currency rates, the irrepressible hundi, the FDI crisis, and debt management are all factors that have a significant impact on the ongoing issues.

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State minister: Energy cooperation to get priority during visit of Russian FM

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Thursday said energy cooperation between Dhaka and Moscow will get the highest priority during the upcoming visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Dhaka.

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File photo of State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam Courtesy

Dollar crisis in most Bangladeshi banks disrupting LC opening

Many banks in Bangladesh have reined in opening most of the letters of credit (LC), including for importing daily necessities, due to the ongoing crisis of foreign currencies in the country.

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File Photo of Dollar Note Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Indictment hearing in two cases against Khaleda on Dec 1

A Dhaka court on Thursday set December 1 for holding hearing on charge framing in two cases, one for observing fake birthday on National Mourning Day and another for stigmatizing the War of Liberation, lodged against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

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File photo of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

Telecom operators lose 3 mn mobile, internet subscribers

Private telecom operators in Bangladesh lost two million mobile subscribers and over one million internet users in September, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

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Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

BGB, BSF reaffirm vow to bring down border killings to zero

A five-day regional commander level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) ended in Kolkata on Wednesday renewing the consensus in bringing down the border killings to zero level.

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File Photo of Bangladesh Border Collected