Dhaka June 25, 2025, 11:54 pm
The official figure available with the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) shows that about 59,382 workers went abroad in February last against 85,038 in the corresponding month in 2017. The Saudi kingdom hired
To enjoy the benefits of graduation, Bangladesh needs to ensure good governance. Without good governance, there are chances of creating institutional and policy weaknesses
Economists view that such belt-tightening is necessitated mainly by some deterioration in the country's balance of payments, on the one hand, and, on the other, under an impact of slow growth in net foreign asset of the banki
77 power plants with 18,905 MW under implementation
Proposed National Agriculture Policy 2018 elaborated ways and means to augment farm production in the country to meet the growing needs of an increasing population
A total of around Tk8,060 crore was invested on savings certificate in January, 2018, said BB’s updated report. According to the report, this is the highest amount invested in a month in this fiscal year 2017-18. According to
The German Federal Government provides parallel co-financing of $15 million through KfW, while the government of Bangladesh will provide $27.75 million as part of supporting the initiative in areas of climate change adaptatio
The ratio of direct green finance stood at 7.78 per cent of the total green finance at the end of 2017, which was 8.49 per cent in 2016. This ratio indicates the decline of green finance
IMF suggests tighter eligibility criteria and move towards market-based pricing to reduce reliance on national savings certificates, help strengthen financial intermediation and expand the capital market
Bangladesh Bank increased the exchange rate of the dollar to BDT 82.96. The average daily inter-bank USD-BDT transaction volume was about USD 123.21 million against USD 156.72 million of the preceding week
The officials and experts said an acute supply shortage of natural gas to its fertiliser units coupled with high production cost and low selling price of output created a setback in the corporation's earning-recovery plan.
Tofail urges Hong Kong entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh
Managing Director of the SBL Obayed Ullah Al Masud in a letter to the Ministry of Finance on March 4 made the request for a kiss of life to the bank, the sources said.
Officials in the marketing agencies show different causes, but an energy expert also smells a ploy to jack up natural-gas price and then introduce costly LNG in the captive fuel market.
The company was selected for its lowest offer of Tk 31 billion to construct the 48-kilometre road. Two other Chinese companies also took part in the bid
Businesses rue their fate as some 1170 TEUs of containers, mostly with apparel and jute exports, missed scheduled shipment for a cargo-transport strike
The document on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 10 Special Initiatives also mentioned that a plan has been taken to provide training to over 56,100 women by June 2020
The country’s jute production witnessed nearly a hundred percent increase since the independence. The production of the most affordable natural fibre rose from over 42 lakh bales in 1971-72 to over 82 lakh bales in the last f
The country's overall imports grew by 11.66 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, mainly due to higher import of food grains and fuel oils
The government has decided to call in job seekers from the merit list in BCS recruitment exams if adequate number of qualified aspirants do not pass under the quota criteria
