by FM Mizanur Rahaman in The Daily Star in Nov 9, 2023When “Senuwara Begum” of Cox’s Bazar surrendered to a court and eventually landed in prison in connection with a narcotics case, there was no reason for suspicion. However, when her fingerprints were taken in jail last month so that those could be matched with the records in the NID server, Senuwara turned out to be Monira Begum of Teknaf. A probe found that Monira…
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by Rejaul Karim Byron in The Daily Star, Jun 1, 2023The government’s foreign debt servicing burden may rise by as much as 45 percent in the next fiscal year due to the devaluation of taka and higher utilisation of foreign loans in recent years. About Tk 24,700 crore would be set aside in fiscal 2023-24’s budget for foreign loan repayment, according to finance ministry officials. It is about $2.42 billion considering the current exchange rate…