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The capital market rebounded strongly as investors brought in almost Tk 34,311 crore on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) during only a month despite maintaining strict-lockdown.Besides, stocks expanded the gaining streak for the fourth straight week as investors' buying appetite continued on secto...
The government is going to give a modern look to the circular waterway project for multidimensional use of the four rivers surrounding Dhaka city.Some new facilities have been included in the project. One of them is the construction of a parking yard, walkways, passenger canopy, and special type of ...
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The government plans to launch a project to renovate various infrastructures of the parliament building and convert the North Plaza of the National Assembly into an office.The project titled - “Ancillary work including conversion of North Plaza of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban into office,&...
Despite the coronavirus crisis, 1.11 lakh new investors have entered the capital market within four months in a sign of growing investors’ confidence amid market-supportive measures.According to the latest data from the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), the number of Beneficiary Ow...
The government has undertaken an initiative to create disaster risk sensitive databases for Rangpur-Sylhet cities in order to make a proper master plan for development of the country.As part of its move, a project titled 'Preparation of Risk Sensitive Database for Core Area of Rangpur and Sylhet...
The cost of Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line Project has increased by more than 151 percent to Tk 4,329 crore due to changes in the designs of bridges and acquiring of more land.Bangladesh Railway has claimed that the cost of the project is increasing due to the corona crisis, lack of experience in impl...
The government has undertaken initiatives to cure drug addicts and bring them back to normal life through various vocational trainings and modern treatments.Various survey reports show that the number of drug addicts is increasing, both in urban and rural areas. As a result, a large section of the y...
Business
Online platforms are playing a big role in the growth of women entrepreneurs in the country. Women have made substantial gains along with shifts in social attitudes towards empowerment.Salina Iqbal Popy, owner of Dress Up limited, made this view in an exclusive interview with Bangladesh Post (BP).BP...
Mujibnagar will be expanded and modernized in order to preserve the real history for the new generation and attract more tourists by upgrading the memorial to world standard.As part of its move, the government has undertaken a project titled “Establishment of Mujibnagar Liberation War Memorial...
The government is going to take up nine new development projects to create huge job opportunities and ensure sustainable economic development of the country. These projects related to the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Commerce have been proposed to be included in the Annual De...
Over 200 government and private organisations, including financial institutions, of the country came under a severe cyber attack on Wednesday. Tarique M Barkatullah, Project Director of BGD e-GOV CIRT, the government’s organisation for cyber attack response, confirmed the information to B...
The government has undertaken a mega project to provide daily school meals for government primary school students to increase attendance and reduce dropouts.The school feeding programme project involving Tk 17,290.22 crore will be placed at the next Executive Committee of the National Economic Counc...
Bangladesh has made a phenomenal progress in economic development in the last 50 years and become a role model of the world for poverty reduction, experts said.In 1971, about 80 percent of the population lived below the poverty line, but the figure was 20.50 percent in the beginning of the las...
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If Bangabandhu had survived and ruled for another decade, Bangladesh could have achieved the status of a developed nation much earlier, said Dr Atiur Rahman, an eminent economist and former governor of Bangladesh Bank.In an exclusive interview, Dr Atiur Rahman said, “We could get the benefits ...
Bangladesh has made an impressive progress and fulfilled almost all criteria towards building ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by the Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, experts said. Despite numerous challenges, Bangladesh is committed to nourishing the health of...
The Dhaka Bypass road project that the government is implementing will improve connectivity between the country’s north and northwest parts, accelerating commercial activities and spurring economic growth.The road under the project titled ‘Support to Joydebpur-Devgram-Bhulta-Madanpur Roa...
A total of 30,000 poor families of freedom fighters (FFs) are likely to get houses on the occasion of Mujib Year and 50 years of independence as a gift of the Prime Minister.The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has taken the house-building project ‘Building Housing for Indigent Freedom Fight...
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has undertaken an initiative to supply uninterrupted and reliable electricity through integrated development of power distribution systems in its distribution area of Khulna division.To this end BREB is going to implement a project titled, “Moderni...
The pharmaceutical industry displayed a phenomenal growth over the last decade, and the country’s market size of the sector stood at almost Tk 25,000crore, industry insiders said.This sector has provided more than 98 percent of the total medicinal requirements of the local market, they mention...
The local currency Taka has appreciated by 15 paisa to stand at Tk 84.80 against the US dollar since July 1 in the current fiscal despite the coronavirus pandemic. The foreign exchange market,on the other hand, has enjoyed a stable situation in the last one and half months.The US dollar w...
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