Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) on Monday demanded the government reinstate 20 per cent supplementary duty, imposed earlier on imported tea, to safeguard the local tea producers and protect them from uneven competition. BTA leaders, led by its chairman M Safwan…
The World Bank Board has approved $600 million for Bangladesh to improve the country’s “quality” of power supply in rural areas. The funds would be used in the Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution Project “to reduce system losses and enhance…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said in Parliament that the government has no plan right now to cut interest rate of agriculture credit. “Right now, there’s no plan to reduce interest rate of agriculture credit,” he said while responding…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed her optimism that the GDP growth in the current fiscal year would hit 6.5 percent and even more although the World Bank apprehended that it might come down to 5.7 percent due to…
The government has signed a $265 million ‘additional’ financing agreement with the World Bank for an ongoing secondary education project. The global lender said financing the “Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project” would help 4.5 million poor rural children…
The farmers are expecting bumper production of tobacco as the ‘harmful cash crop’ grows excellent amid favourable climatic condition now in Rangpur Agriculture Region, farmers and officials said.
Financial leaders from the 20 biggest economies have set a goal of generating $2 trillion (£1.2 trillion) in extra output over the next five years. During that period they aim to boost the gross domestic product of G20 countries by…
The country’s foreign currency reserve hit a record high US$ 19-billion mark on Wednesday. The forex reserve now stands at US$ 19048.09 million which is enough to meet import expenditures of the next six months, according to a central bank…
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday described as a great achievement Bangladesh’s coming out of the gray list of Terrorism Financing of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). “This has been a great achievement for Bangladesh to come…
RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, distributed 7,894 pieces of quality blankets among the cold-hit poor and distressed people including women and children, of all eight districts in Rangpur division during this winter season.
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Wednesday stressed the need for formulating a gender-sensitive, and environment -and development-friendly national budget. “A budget is very important for our nation, family and personal life. The national budget should be gender-sensitive, and…
The government is constructing 158 new godowns across the country with a view to preserving another 1.05 lakh metric tons of food. Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Tuesday stated this in Parliament, replying to a starred question of Enamul Haque…
International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessionary arm, will provide US$ 535 million for strengthening delivery of urban services and quality of higher education in the country. Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Secretary of Economic Relations Division and Johannes Zutt, World Bank…
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said the economy of Bangladesh is more self-contained than that of India. “In terms of economy, our country is more self-dependent than India. It’s recognised in the world that our country is self-sufficient…
A total of 100 sewing machines distributed free of cost among 100 freedom fighter families in six upazila of the district on Tuesday.
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Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, projected that the real rate of growth in GDP in the current fiscal year may decline to 5.65 percent. The research organization in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update on Monetary Policy…
Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) SK Sur Chowdhury distributed cheques of about Taka one crore as agriculture loan among 109 male and female framers of Uttam area at a farmers’ rally here on Friday.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said the government would work to achieve self-sufficiency in producing import substitute products through expanding industrialisation at the grassroots level. “Achieving self-sufficiency in producing import-substitute products is one of the major goals of…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said that the government would give an outline of its objectives for the next five years in the coming national budget for fiscal 2014-15. Decentralization of power and devolution of government would be the…
Dhaka – In a bid to boost agricultural production and increase income of the countries rural farmers, an initiative has been taken to impart training to around 10 lakh male and female farmers on integrated farm management to create employment…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said his ministry would work in a coordinated way with the relevant ministries to help resolve the problems facing by the country’s business community.
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Joypurhat region has distributed over Taka 42.63 crore as agricultural loans among 5,978 farmers of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal through its 15 branches.
Dhaka – The government on Wednesday identified six projects as the fast track ones and directed the authorities concerned to implement those on priority basis. The projects were identified at the first meeting of the reconstituted Fast Tract Project Monitoring…
Collection of land revenue in the district has increased by Tk 9 crore to Tk 78.90 crore in 2013 compared to the previous year. Sources at the Barisal district Land Revenue and Land Registration offices said Tk 69.5 crore revenue…
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Narsingdi region has distributed over Tk 29,31 crore as agricultural loan among 3,414 farmers of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal 2013-14 through its 21 branches.
Over 20,000 extremely poor families, mostly landless and erosion victims, living in remote sandy-barren charlands on the Brahmaputra basin have changed their fates through farming pumpkin in recent years.
Food inflation rose to 9 percent in December, with the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics blaming it on the current political turmoil. Non-food inflation however edged down in December compared to the previous month. The overall inflation in December rose to…
Dhaka – Dr Abul Barakat who coined some economic activities as fundamentalist economy of Bangladesh on Thursday apologised to the residents of Gopalganj on ‘behalf of the opposition leader’ for her recent indiscreet remarks against their district. Barakat, also the…
Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, projected that the real rate of growth in GDP in the current fiscal year may decline to 5.65 percent against the government’s target of 7.2 percent. The research organisation’s half-yearly assessment of the economy,…