Dhaka February 24, 2025, 12:00 pm
The Bangladesh government has formed a steering committee and a working group over importing hydro-electricity from Nepal.
Though LNG gas has arrived, home connections are still not possible.
The amount of money is about five lakh crore taka.
Pace of diversification slow
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) opined that the influx of Rohingya refugees created pressure on economy and overall security of Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Education has recently chalked out a project, under which 19,200 Madrasah teachers will receive ICT training.
Grabbing greater slice of ME job markets
Rise in public investment, 'siphoning off money' main factors
The loan was 223 per cent higher than JPY 47.2 billion ODA, disbursed in the previous fiscal year (FY) 2016 which ended in March 2017, they said.
Word Trade Statistical Review-2018, released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) last month, unveiled the scenario.
The central bank provided the funds to the banks using its assured liquidity support facility to help manage their funds smoothly.
The textiles and jute ministry released the non-development loan for the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC).
Installation of the 'core catcher' safety system started at unit-one of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project at Ishwardi in Pabna.
The inter-bank call money rate is unlikely to rise ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, as the overall excess liquidity with the banks increased by over 22 per cent or Tk 171 billion in this June.
A 10 per cent increase from the branch’s estimate last year, the USDA expects around 260,000tonnes of wheat to be sourced from the US, which fits with official US export figures that have shown an uptick in wheat cargo inspec
Bangladesh Taka (BDT) depreciated 4.0 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, according to the latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) of the Bangladesh Bank (BB).
The Bangladesh Economic Association organised the seminar at the CIRDAP to commemorate Bangabandhu's 43rd death anniversary.
According to the state-run Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA), less than two-fifths of the river training work had been completed until last fiscal year (FY) 2017-18.
The bank signed three separate deals with the government on Thursday in a bid to provide the $350.44 million assistance.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said the government has set an export target of US$44 billion for fiscal 2018-19 (FY19).
