More than 280 dead, hundreds hurt in India horror rail crash
At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years.
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Rescue workers search for survivors at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, on June 3, 2023 AFPCPD: Macroeconomic targets are over ambitious, unrealistic
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said that the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fails to provide a blueprint for containing inflation, the key challenge facing the economy right now.
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Representational image Dhaka TribuneFinance minister: Budget not based on IMF conditions
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said the government did not formulate the national budget for the fiscal year 2023–2024 based on the instructions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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File Photo: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in parliament Focus BanglaTIB: Budget silent on corruption, money laundering
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern that the finance minister's proposed budget speech did not acknowledge the deadly diseases like rampant corruption and money laundering as the main causes for the ongoing economic crisis, increasing income inequality and declining foreign exchange reserves.
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Representational Image Dhaka TribuneAmerica is a thriving source of remittances: Should we utilize this opportunity?
Since a sizable portion of money is sent back to Bangladesh by expatriates, remittances serve a crucial role in sustaining the country's economy. The US is now Bangladesh's top provider of remittances, surpassing more established nations like Saudi Arabia.
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