Dhaka February 25, 2025, 3:08 am
He made the request while holding a bilateral meeting with visiting World Bank Vice-President for South Asia Region, Martin Raiser, at the ministry in Dhaka
Remittance inflow shows an upward trend as the remitters are encouraged by the depreciation of the taka and they get more than Tk 108 per dollar
Experts also say some 300mmcfd gas could be saved annually thru plugging illegal gas connections, lowering high system loss
Currently, Bangladesh has long term-contracts with Qatar and Oman to import LNG while it also buys liquefied gas from international spot markets on a short term basis
Under the sustainable economic development model of Bangladesh and the Bio-Circular-Green Economy model of Thailand, there are ample opportunities to increase economic cooperation between the two countries
ADB Country Director to Bangladesh Edimon Ginting said this to reporters after meeting Planning Minister MA Mannan at his office on Thursday
Previously, the authorized dealers could maintain foreign currency clearing account with the Bangladesh Bank in the Chinese currency
The environment minister was addressing the LDC Ministerial Meeting held in Dakar, Senegal, on September 14
BD's remittance is increasing while export is rising and import is decreasing. The foreign exchange reserve will again go up to $48 billion soon
Genex Infosys Limited as a lowest bidder won the contract in three lots to supply and install Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) and Sales Data Controller (SDC) or VAT collecting machines at different types of retail shops
The approval came from the 4th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY23) with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair
The apparel export saw a good start in FY 2022-23 with July-August earnings reaching $7.11 billion, posting 26 percent growth compared to the same period of last fiscal year
NBFI high-ups urge BB chief in a meeting
Bangladesh is positive about such a proposal as 'it would increase the country's options for energy trade negotiations
per unit for wage earner remittance and Tk 99 for export earnings
Officials hope that after completion of the drilling, about 10 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) will be produced from the well
This is a 19 percent increase from the $26.6 billion all-time high in financing reached in the previous fiscal year
Banks may fix varied uniform rates for importers, exporters, overseas exchanges
Bangladesh would adjust the prices according to the rates in global market
The central bank made $1.47 billion ACU payment for July and August on Wednesday. Besides, it also sold $50 million to commercial banks to address the dollar crisis,