Dhaka May 4, 2025, 1:33 am
Since its launch, 575,462 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge in the last 29 days from June 26 to July 24. A total of Tk 80,393,470 has been collected as toll
Bangladesh is currently one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region with continued developments across key sectors of the economy and significant improvements in reducing poverty levels, which are now down
Bangladesh received US$1.643 billion inward remittance till July 21, thanks to Eid-ul-Azha when Bangladeshi migrants sent more money to families to celebrate one of the biggest festivals for Muslims, according to data from Ba
Bangladesh suffered a loss of 2.0 percent of GDP every year due to climate change impact
The procurement of the items, which are not immediately essential, will remain stopped now
Kamal expressed such hope when President of JICA Akihiko Tanaka made a courtesy call on him at secretariat office on Monday
Money changers in Dhaka are eager for a greater supply of dollars as the exchange rate of the currency shot up to a record high of Tk 105.30 amid steep demand
Lack of public, pvt steps hinders skilled workforce generation
Clients from large industries, services sector look averse
As expected, consistent with the evolving dimensions and the accompanying difficulties, the world is witnessing severe difficulties in its efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger and improving health and education
An effective and innovative long-term action plan is to be required to tackle the situation
Pandemic lockdowns unlock techno scope
Prices of some food items like rice, pulses, edible oil and onion have started falling in the local market in the last few days
The rate rebounded in FY22 after poor performance in the previous two consecutive years due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
As per the second revision of the project, there will be civil works, rolling stocks modification, E & M system and station plaza construction from Motijheel to Kamalapur Line
Budget deficit financing swells govt debt
The central bank had earlier asked the banks to set the interest rate in line with the euro currency deposit rates. But through the circular, the BB has now made the rate competitive
The government may also be asked to readjust power and energy tariffs. The IMF loan may also be tagged with market-based exchange rate and lending rate, and reforms in the banking sector and tax administration
The state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the single buyer on behalf of the government, partially cleared the payment until February last
The ranking came in a report published by the Canadian-based news agency Visual Capitalist