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The amount of money embezzled by Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and his associates from four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) might leave you baffled. It's neither Tk 2,500 crore nor Tk 3,500 crore --- figures which have been reported by the media lately. Investigators now say they have so far learnt that the amount is at least Tk 10,200 crore or $120.36
The young and educated farmer Key to revolutionised agriculture If you have bought locally grown strawberries, or dragon fruit, or the out of season bottle gourd, and the luscious Thai guava all year round, you are already a beneficiary of the silent agri-revolution happening in Bangladesh. For any observant consumer, the leaps and bounds advancement in food crop production needs no explaining, as well as its contribution to improved livelihoods and reduced poverty. According to the World Bank, agriculture accounted for 90 percent of the reduction in poverty in the five-year span from 2005, a...