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Achieving high economic growth with shared prosperity requires coordination of cross-cutting policies and synchronisation of multi-sectoral programmes, said experts. They said setting an ambitious goal is the starting point of a long journey that will require steadfast resolve to steer the course wh...
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Tannery owners have expressed their frustration ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, the prime season for collecting rawhide, as around 50 percent of the last year’s hide remained unsold. Complications in availing bank loan, and international buyers’ negative attitude in purchasing leather from Ban...
With a vow to bringing down the prices of reconditioned vehicles within the reach of the middle income people, the bi-annual election of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) is being held today (Saturday).Two separate panels are competing in this year's e...
Vested groups are importing toxic salt or sodium sulfate in the name of sodium chloride causing health hazards for humans in addition to affecting the raw leather of sacrificial animals, The country's salt producers, worried over the import of toxic salt (soda) ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, have sou...
In a bid to improve the life of the rural community the government has given special focus on rural development allocating a record amount of funds for the first time. As pledged in its electoral manifesto the government has allocated Tk 66,234 crore budget this fiscal exclusively for the rural deve...
The ready-made garments (RMG) industry leaders strongly demanded introduction of immediate cash incentive to allow the industry to survive and sustain in the global competition. They said that rising cost of production, driven by wage hike, energy cost hike, cost of compliance and declining internat...
The national budget for fiscal 2019-20 is going to get final approval in the national parliament today (Sunday). Some remarkable changes in Income Tax, VAT etc, with measures to ensure welfare of middle class people, business community and development of capital market, are also likely to come. Conc...
Referring that workers in the readymade garments (RMG) sector play a vital role in country’s export earnings, workers’ leaders have strongly demanded specific allocations in the national budget for FY 2019-20 ahead of its final approval in the national parliament tomorrow (Sunday). They ...
The ongoing development process, and the successes already achieved in terms of improving lives and livelihood, have boosted people's confidence in the country's ability to meet the set targets for 2021 and 2041. Analysts opine that as almost all the social, human and economic indexes are in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20 aims at social welfare and wellbeing for all.Mentioning that the budget is designed for touching double-digit growth for turning Bangladesh into a high-income country soon, she said implementation of the outlay i...
Welcoming the new budget, the country's top economists and business leaders on Thursday expressed their mixed reaction terming that implementation of the budget will be a major challenge as there is a budget deficit and also depends on foreign aid. They suggested taking effective measures to enh...
Industries Ministry has sent a set of recommendations to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to provide tax rebate to the rising industries including leather, plastic and light engineering side by the RMG sector. Industries Ministry sources said the initiative has been taken to popularise the altern...
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Bangladesh government has given emphasis on ensuring quality of education and accordingly proposed highest budget allocation for education sector for the fiscal year 2019- 2020. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the proposed budget for the next fiscal on June 13. According to finance min...
The government will formulate an 'Informal Industrial Policy soon, considering the ever increasing contribution of informal industry sector to the country's national economy and to ensure its sustainable exploration. Sources said a body titled 'Informal Sector Industrial Skill Developmen...
Most of the busy areas in the capital, including Motijheel, Farmgate, Mirpur section 10, Nilkhet and Gulistan are flooded with makeshift stalls, set up by temporary hawkers ahead of the biggest religious festival Eid-ul-Fitr. Almost all sorts of daily essentials including garments, crockery, spices,...
The government will bring at least 60 lakh poor families under the 'Amar Bari Amar Khamar' project. Under the scheme, it will form one lakh Village Development Samitis selecting the beneficiaries from among the rural marginal poor. The samiti members will be given professional training...
The government is planning to engage at least 10,000 unemployed youths in the process of revenue collection aiming to meet the estimated target of revenue earning for the next fiscal. Exchanging views with Economic reporters on Wednesday, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal observed that presently th...
The draft of the national budget for fiscal year 2019-20 has been prepared, proposing reforms in some important areas like the banking and revenue sectors.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday submitted the draft of the budget to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday. Sources concerned said ...
The innovative idea of establishing community clinic by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who seeks to ensure healthcare facilities reach the doorsteps of marginalized and other grassroots people of the country, has brought about a transformative change, experts opine. The government is working on provi...
The country's fish and animal farming sub-sectors grew by 6.37 per cent and 3.40 per cent in FY18, against the 6.23 per cent and 3.31 per cent growth in FY17 respectively. According to BBS data, fish and animal farming (livestock and poultry) sub-sectors accounted for about 5.09 per cent of the ...
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