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Remittance earnings from Italy are continuously rising as a record number of Bangladeshi workers have gone there this year.Experts said the government of Italy has been hiring employees from different countries in the agriculture, hospitality and manufacturing sectors for the last two years. Re...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to improve computer science, software engineering and information technology (IT) programmes at three universities in Bangladesh. “Uplifting software engineering programmes in higher education is the need of the time to acc...
The economic growth of Bangladesh is estimated higher than the forecast for fiscal 2023. This is reflected in improvement in domestic demand and better export growth due to economic recovery in the euro area, the latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said.Development partners including World Ba...
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The government has planned a project to increase the facilities in hilly areas including Sajek to attract more tourists.For this, the project titled ‘Expansion and development of water supply and sanitation management in rocky areas of different upazilas of Rangamati district including Sajek t...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold $1.96 billion directly to commercial banks to stabilise the forex market till August 23 in the current fiscal 2023-24.The Central Bank has been selling dollars from the reserves from the fiscal year 2021-22 to meet the market demand. The BB already sold a record $13.58...
The government has undertaken a project worth Tk 5,941.22 crore for the development of various infrastructures including roads of city corporations and municipalities of the country. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality of life of the people through the development of var...
The government is going to install 650,000 more pre-paid smart meters aimed at preventing the wastage and theft of natural gas, and reduce system losses.The installation of prepaid gas meters will cut customers’ cost, and also reduce gas wastage, officials said. The monthly rent of these ...
The government has taken initiatives to improve the quality of life of the marginal people of the country through training and providing financial supports.For this reason, a project titled "Improving the quality of life of marginal professionals of Bangladesh (second phase)" has been...
The government has taken initiatives to increase crop production by converting a one-crop-land into a three-crop-land through improving the irrigation system.For this, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project of “Padma river water supply and expan...
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China’s Heaven Lake, a paradise of natural beauty, sees many people rushing to distant mountains to visit and discover the true extravagance of nature.It is a place of diverse hill natural beauty not only in winter and monsoon but all year round. Nature has shown itself here. Tourists come her...
The government has taken initiatives to ensure adequate food supply and nutrition to a huge population of the country. The government has a plan (8th Five Year Plan) to raise the capacity of government warehouses to 37 lakh metric tonnes by 2025 keeping the food security in mind.At present, foo...
The government and Non-Governmental Organizations have taken initiatives to improve the quality of life of those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.For this reason, a project titled ‘Rehabilitation and improvement of living standards of neglected, underprivileged and unemployed communities in t...
Xinjiang Regional Museum, a famous landmark at Urumqi in China, is one of the major tourist attractions as people can get a glimpse of the history and diverse ethnic cultures of Xinjiang.It’s a provincial-level comprehensive museum and a national first-class museum with over 40,000 cultural co...
The government has taken an initiative to distribute two lakh free (computer) tabs for talented students to build a “Smart Bangladesh”.Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) bought about 400,000 tabs for the country's latest census and household census, the officials said. At th...
The government is going to take up a major reform programme in 5 sectors in the medium term during 2024-26 to increase reserves and manage the economic crisis.These include introducing corridors or market-based interest rates on bank loans and leaving the single currency exchange rate on the market ...
Being successful in making Bangladesh digital Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stepped up efforts towards building smart Bangladesh. Keeping this in mind her government placed the national budget for 2023-24 fiscal year in the National Parliament. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s main objec...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place a national budget of about Tk 7,61,785 crore for the upcoming fiscal 2023-24 at the National Parliament tomorrow focusing on inflation control and macroeconomic stability.Besides, keeping in mind the concept of “Smart Bangladesh”, the governm...
The country’s remittances increased to $1.13 billion during 1-19 May against the previous month. Such trend shows that remittances continue to rise.On an average about $59.43 million came every day in May while $56.05 million came every day in April.Remittances witnessed a rising growth to sta...
The government is likely to increase the tax-free income limit for individuals from the existing amount of Tk 300,000.Businessmen, economists and research organisations suggested the government increase the tax-free income limit to give some respite in times of high inflation.National Board of Reven...
The country’s remittances witnessed a rising growth to stand at $18.49 billion till 12 May this fiscal year 2022-23, up $453.68 million or 2.52 percent over the corresponding period of previous fiscal.This inflows are rising to stand at $ 773.97 million within only the first 12 days in May. On...
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