Dhaka January 17, 2026, 2:58 pm
The lack of appropriate knowledge, influence of middlemen coupled with inability to pursue skilled jobs in countries of destination are often forcing migrants to accept low wages and poor working environment
The public servants, around 0.9 million (900,000) in numbers, usually receive their monthly salaries four to five days after a month ends. The new system is expected to ensure timely payment across the country
The country's prime seaport handles 92 per cent of seaborne trade of the country while two other seaports pass idle time for lack of vessels
There’s huge potential of the maritime sector in South Asia. It’s possible to make a big lead into the socio-economic development of the people of this region
According to the BBS data, the inflation rate for the non-food items has risen significantly to 5.45 per cent in September than that of 4.73 per cent in the previous month August
Economic growth may accelerate 7.0 per cent in 2023, IMF said in its World Economic Outlook 2018, which was released on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday
The export earnings reached $3.14 billion in September, the third month of current fiscal (2018-19). The country fetched $2.03 billion during the corresponding period of previous fiscal
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to find reasons behind the departure of some large foreign investors.
Two American economists, William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for integrating climate change and technological innovation into macroeconomic analysis
Both the 1320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant and 1320 MW Rampal power plant are now being constructed with a target to start operation in 2020
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed the hope that the country's capital market would flourish in near future based on the foundation built over the last 25 years
Operating costs of gearless vessels are also less than those of geared vessels as the later involves cost of operators and power
Bangladesh is currently in the middle of implementing its Seventh Five-Year Plan which spans from fiscal year (FY) 2015-16 to FY 2019-20. The Eighth Five-Year Plan, on the other hand, would be implemented from FY 2020-21 to F
The wages of tea workers have been increased by 20 per cent to Tk 102 per day and Tk 714 per week with retrospective effect from January 1 in 2017.
Analysis prepared by the central bank showed that the ratio of value addition in the RMG sector dropped to 74.63 per cent in FY18 from 75.08 per cent in FY17
SDG target 11 stresses access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums by 2030
The World Bank (WB) has approved $515 million US dollar for three projects in Bangladesh to improve coastal and marine fisheries, forest management, and rural roads
The three cranes are part of the six that the port authority purchased at Tk 3.44 billion in 2017 from Chinese company Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited. The rest three may arrive during the first week of next
The two countries have started scrutinising ways to delete rules from the deal that they deem unnecessary and incorporate new ones
Main goals of the policy are to ease the gold import process to fulfill the demand for commercial use of gold locally and export gold ornaments and fix specific gold import authority for ensuring transparency and accountabili
