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The government has taken an initiative to set up a full-fledged marine research institute in Cox's Bazar aimed at using nearly 1,18,813 sq kms of maritime area for boosting the blue economy.The Ministry of Science and Technology says that Bangladesh's sovereignty was established in this vast...
Traders are happy as sales are booming ahead of the two major festivals, Pahela Baishakh and Eid-ul-Fitr, after the Covid-19 recession.The Pohela Baishakh-related trade was very low in the last two years due to the rise of Coronavirus cases in the country.However, preparations for the traditional Ma...
The government has undertaken an initiative to set up modern farms in 50 upazilas of the country to meet dairy deficit.Despite the potential, milk production in the country is not as expected as farmers do not have knowledge about improved breeds of cows and modern methods of keeping cows. As a...
Bangladesh will not face the same economic crisis as Sri Lanka as the country's economy is on the "right track" to achieve sustainable growth, experts say."Bangladesh's macroeconomic management is very good. In addition, the debt-to-GDP ratio is in a tolerable position. So the...
Work on the country's first underground railway or subway is likely to begin in June with the highest importance to protecting the environment.The country's first underground metro rail will run from the airport to Kamalapur, touching Kuril, Nadda and Badda. The length of this section w...
The government has undertaken a project to renovate and modernise the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) to enhance its capacity.As part of the government move, the project titled “Renovation and Modernization of existing 33/11 KV Pole Mounted Substation (First Phase) of BREB'&r...
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase (CCGP) has approved a total of six proposals including two separate proposals for procuring 70,000 tonnes of fertilizer from Morocco.The approval came from the meeting of the CCGP on Wednesday held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chai...
The remittance inflow has bounced back with expatriates sending more money to their families ahead of Ramadan.Remittance inflow has increased to stand at $1.43 billion in the first 24 days in March 2022 because of the raised cash incentive to remittance senders.This important index of the economy in...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) is likely to approve a total of 12 projects including a special project to harvest rainwater in 10 coastal districts of the country.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually preside over the Ecnec meeting from her official Ganabhaban...
The government has undertaken an initiative to cultivate every inch of land so that there is no shortage of food in the country.As part of the government move, the concerned departments are working according to these instructions and have taken various initiatives for the programmes. The aim of...
The government has made a plan to raise the capacity of government warehouses to 37 lakh metric tonnes keeping the food security in mind. As part of the government move, a project has been taken to build new food warehouses and ancillary facilities at different strategic places in the country. ...
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The country’s foreign exchange reserves have reduced to about $43.89 billion on Sunday, the lowest in the last one year after the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) payments.Economists and central bank officials said reserves are declining mainly due to rising imports. Apart from this, the declin...
A ship carrying readymade garments from Bangladesh is starting its journey today (Saturday) for Europe -- the second direct freight of Bangladeshi cargo that experts described as a landmark in the apparel exports.Container ship AST Malta will leave Chittagong port for Italy today carrying 66 boxes a...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) lost more than Tk 10,000-crore market capitalisation in the last week as Ukraine crisis prompted nervous investors to offload their shares.During the week ending on Thursday, stocks expanded the losing streak for the second straight week amid panic sales.The market capital...
Bangladesh has surpassed Vietnam and regained its position as the second largest apparel exporter in the world by earning $35.80 billion in 2021. In the same year, Vietnam, one of the main competitors of Bangladesh in the world trade of garment industry, exported $31.08 billion. As a result, Ba...
The government has undertaken an initiative to build medical waste management infrastructure in all public hospitals for a hygienically clean environment.To this end, a project titled “Hospital-Based Medical Waste Management” has been proposed to be installed in 15 public hospitals in th...
Mobile financial services (MFS) have added a new dimension to Bangladesh's growing economy as a record number of transactions were made in the mobile banking services in the outgoing year despite the Corona epidemic.Experts said mobile banking is now an easy and popular service in the country du...
Considering the spending capacity, the Planning Commission is going to reduce the allocation for health sector by about 19 percent or Tk 3,252 crore in the revised ADP.The health sector is getting the highest priority in tackling the Corona epidemic, a planning commission official said. The gov...
The government plans to introduce different development projects to improve rail link with India focusing on enhancing bilateral import-export and other trade activities.The projects are designed to develop trade and tourism with India by strengthening inter-regional connectivity between the northea...
The government has taken initiative to excavate four rivers to restore water flow, improve inland shipping and flood management at the cost of Tk 4,168.16 crore. To this end, a project to excavate four rivers including Jinai, Ghaghat, Banshi and Nagda has been proposed to the Planning Commissio...
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