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The government must formulate a master plan to revitalize the country’s leather sector with the present falling export trend and the coronavirus pandemic pushing the sector into danger.The sector as one of the major sources of foreign exchange earnings, needs urgent care to bring it out of the...
Bangladesh needs a comprehensive plan to create a competitive domestic market to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) as the country is missing a huge opportunity, experts said.The government should take a holistic approach to development, including quality governance and competitive tax mea...
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The government has undertaken the Perspective Plan (2021-41) for the long-term development of the power and energy sector to achieve the status of a developed country by 2041.As part of its move, the government is going to adopt 13 strategies for developing the sector.Through the implementation of t...
Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the government has been adopting a plethora of farsighted short-term and long-term plans aimed at turning Bangladesh into a developed country in the long run, according to experts.Among them are the Annual Development Programme (ADP), P...
As fish are important to human beings for they have long been a staple food item, the government is going to cultivate indigenous freshwater fish commercially to protect the dwindling of the many species and also to meet their high-demand across the country.Moreover, the government has also taken va...
The prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has increased by 1,144 points hitting a record growth of about30 percent in the last 13 consecutive weeks. The DSE main reserve also rose by Tk 75200crore to stand at Tk 3,85,633 crore during the period.The share prices of prime index on the Dhaka S...
Despite the disruptive economic impact due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s economy is recovering swiftly from the disastrous turmoil signaling a hope for all, local and foreign, experts said.The latest Asian Development Bank’s prediction about Bangladesh’s growth of gros...
Despite a massivce blow to the global economy due to coronavirus crisis, Bangladesh is an exception as it continues to demonstrate high economic growth with less import and more exports.The country’s economy witnessed a record growth in the 10 years, expecting it to make the fastest growing na...
Agent banking has become a blessing for the country's economy, playing a key role during the Covid-19 pandemic while making a significant contribution to the rural economy over the past few years.Agent banking has so far been instrumental in bringing underserved and unbanked rural people under b...
Experts strongly recommended that immediate measures should be taken to look into the problems of all wage-earners abroad facing crisis amid covid-19 situation.They urged the government to address the problems of the foreign wage earners on priority basis in order to keep the flow of the foreign rem...
Export earnings from jute and agricultural goods are now leading the country’s total export earnings amid the Coronavirus crisis.The country’s export earnings have started turning around and continually showing a positive trend in the last two months as the overall export earnings increa...
The stock market has strongly turned around as local and foreign investors remained active following the regulator's measures to make the ailing market healthy.Some positive economic indicators encouraged investors to hold positions on large-cap securities.The prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange...
The country's foreign exchange reserves have rapidly escalated by $28 billion or about three times during the past decade to stand at almost $38.50 billion for the first time despite a global economic recession.Market analysts said the government has taken time befitting initiatives to maintain ...
The government incentive package has facilitated the country’s RMG sector to raise export earnings amid the Covid-19 pandemic, showing a positive growth after seven months.The stimuli package has given such a fillip to this sector that export earnings have increased by almost 46 percent to $2....
In order to revive and regain reputation of Bangladeshi jute in the international market experts suggested focusing on enhancing quality and diversifying the products.They strongly suggested strengthening diplomatic relations to create demand of the once famed ‘golden fibre’ in countries...
Conceiving that time is ripe for the populous Bangladesh to reinvent itself, the government has undertaken a special project involving Tk 798.91 crore to create investors in the Information Technology (IT) sector to expedite the ongoing process to make a digital Bangladesh.As part of the move to enc...
The government is going to set up markets meant for the farmers in 64 districts of the country in phases abolishing the middlemen system so that they get fair price for their agricultural produces. Director General of the agriculture marketing department Mohammad Yusuf confirmed the matter to t...
The government is to take up a mega project involving Tk 3500 crore for construction of a 13.5-kilometer-long elevated expressway in the remote and isolated haor (wetland) area of Sunamganj to develop the rural economy.The project is likely to be placed in the Executive Committee of the National Eco...
Capital market has turned around as local and foreign investors remained active amid high hopes following the government’s measures to restore the ailing market to a healthy state.Some positive economic indicators encouraged investors to hold position on large-cap securities.Market analysts sa...
The government plans to create skilled manpower for exploring more fish resources in the Bay of Bengal.In a new initiative the government plans to explore and catch tuna fish which has vast opportunities for domestic consumption as well as exporting.A project proposal will be placed before the Ecnec...
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