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The government has undertaken a project for improving road network on the mountain areas in Rangamati hill district to boost the local economy.Bilaichhari upazila of Rangamati district is coming under the improved road network project for attracting tourists as well as improving quality of life of t...
National,Front Page
The government has undertaken an integrated rural employment assistance project for poor women in the second phase to improve the socio-economic conditions.Besides, this project will help to reduce poverty and inequality. If this project is implemented, the average annual per capita income of t...
The government is going to undertake a special project involving Tk 2,500 crore for developing rural infrastructure and the quality of life for rural people in three key districts.The project titled, “Development of Important Rural Infrastructure in Comilla, Brahmanbaria and Chandpur districts...
The government is implementing the solar irrigation project at the farmer level to boost crop production through use of renewable energy towards reducing production cost and saving electricity. The cost of the project titled "Increase Crop Production through Expansion of Solar Energy and W...
Farmers are the best borrowers as they did not fail to pay the instalment on the loan although the Bangladesh Bank gave relief for the borrowers to pay amid Coronavirus pandemic.Farmers did not avail themselves of the relaxation of the rules and they regularly paid the instalments.Farmers are virtua...
The forest department has taken an initiative to dig and re-excavate 88 ponds inside the Sundarbans to reduce the amount of damage and protect the biodiversity. Experts said that the initiative would reduce salinity of rivers which will protect the low-salt tolerant trees and wildlife.According...
The government has undertaken a project to increase production of quality potato seeds at farmers' level for ensuring farmers’ income by increasing potato output. Besides, the government wants to increase the high yielding varieties and improved production technology.It will also help...
The government has undertaken a special project worth Tk 1,696 crore for ensuring education and improving standard of life of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (Rohingya) and children and local community.The World Bank (WB), one of the development partners of Bangladesh, will provide grant wo...
Bangladesh’s export earnings, remittance flow, ongoing development work and the resilience of the private sector have upheld the country’s image before the world economy as important one, experts said.The government’s various steps have attracted foreign investment in the country, ...
The government has taken an initiative to encourage farmers to cultivate cashew nuts (kaju badam) as it has high economic value and attains the status of an export-oriented commodity.The government will provide all out cooperation to promote cultivation of this crop, as the country has a huge scope ...
A new route has been proposed for dredging in the rivers stretching from Mongla Port to Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Sirajganj to ship heavy equipment.Meanwhile, implementation of river dredging project, proposed in 2017, for smooth transportation of heavy equipment of RNPP from Mongla to P...
Business,Front Page
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) resumed purchasing dollar and bought 5.49 billion US dollar directly from the commercial banks during July-December in the current fiscal year to keep the foreign exchange market stable.Besides, the central bank is playing a crucial role to provide cash in the market by buyi...
Business
YouTube is now becoming a lucrative career for people, especially the young men and women in Bangladesh. It wasn't even three years ago, but today, people can build a career on YouTube.Running a YouTube channel is a great way to make some extra cash, with many people out there creating a success...
The government’s strong measures have facilitated the country’s capital market turnaround in building confidence among the people to invest in it, experts say.However, the experts suggested that the government give a permanent shape to the capital market in order to continue the positive...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a rapid growth to set a landmark as the market-cap (capitalization) crossed Tk 5000 billion for the first time.Market analysts said investors have continued showing a buying spree in different securities especially the telecommunication sector that played a c...
The government is working on a system to find ways for Bangladeshi expatriates to invest in the country.Besides, the Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) is making proposals for a concerted effort to improve the quality of service for expatriate workers by launching ...
The government has attached the highest priority on implementation of 100 economic zones, delta plan, SDG and mega projects and strengthen the Anti-Corruption Commission ahead of celebration of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.The government at the same time is also showing ent...
The government is going to announce fresh incentive package next month focusing more on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector to ensure creating huge employments opportunities.Besides, the government is eyeing a mega budget for the next year 2021-2022 aiming to rejuvenate the country&rsqu...
Market cap (capitalization) at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a record high last year as fresh investment geared up the capital market for the listing of some good companies including mobile phone operator Robi.The total market-cap of the DSE increased by Tk 1086.78 billion or 32 percent to clos...
The government is going to declare fresh incentive package to keep the economy afloat as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has already begun.Economists termed such initiative of the government a time-befitting and smart one.But they opine that the new stimulus package needs to be more neatly ...
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