Stocks managed a turnaround from the short-lived correction phase, riding on late-session buying activity, as investors turned back to the market owing to positive expectations amid favorable macroeconomic developments...
Economist and public policy analyst Debapriya Bhattacharya has emphasized that good governance and effective policy reforms are crucial for Bangladesh鈥檚 development journey...
The government and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, on Wednesday signed two significant financing agreements in Jeddah to strengthen food security...
Sonali Bank PLC on Wednesday signed an agreement with Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, said a press release...
National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) executive chairman (secretary) Nazneen Kausar Chowdhury on Monday said that the authority aims to integrate workers of the tourism and hospitality sector into decent and dignified employment through skills-based training and certification...
Dhaka Bank PLC won 鈥楳omentum Award鈥� at the 11th Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme Awards 2025 hosted by the Asian Development Bank, said a press release...
ONE Bank PLC recently organised valedictory and certificate distribution ceremony of its one month-long training on 鈥楨ntrepreneurship Development Programme,鈥� said a press release...
Prime Bank PLC has entered into a strategic partnership with real estate company JCX Developments Limited, said a press release...
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority recently signed a group life and health insurance agreement with Pragati Life Insurance PLC, said a press release...
The Moheshkhali鈥揗atarbari Integrated Development Initiative, a flagship government project, could transform south-eastern Bangladesh into a major economic hub, with total investments projected at $60鈥�65 billion over the next two to three decades...
THE call that government officials, development partners and rights activists have put out for a comprehensive social protection system covering all marginalised groups to build an equitable society is what the government should heed, especially at a time when Bangladesh, now a lower middle-income country, is set to graduate out of the bloc of least developed...
Former chief engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board Quazi Md Khaled died at a hospital in in Dhaka on Monday.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority on Wednesday organised a stakeholders鈥� consultation on the draft research report titled 鈥業dentification of the Key Challenges and Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Sector in the Post-TRIPS Era.鈥�..
A four-day training programme titled 鈥楲eadership Development and Team Building鈥� for the bank officials were recently held at NCC Bank鈥檚 Learning and Development Centre...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a workshop in Barishal on Monday said that declining of grazing fields due to unplanned development put buffalo resources at risk...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation organised a workshop on 鈥榥on-urea fertiliser import, transportation, storage and distribution management鈥� at the seminar room of Krishi Bhaban at the BADC headquarters in Dhaka on Monday...
Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme of the Finance Division, under the finance ministry, organised a workshop on 鈥楤angladesh Industry Research Development and Innovation (BIRDI) Grants鈥� on Monday...
Director general of the Bangladesh Water Development Board Md Enayet Ullah said that the government had initiated a feasibility study to resolve the long-standing water stagnation problem in Beeldakatia.
Rajshahi Development Authority launched drives against illegal occupation, unauthorised building construction and use of plots for purposes not permitted under city regulations.
The Asia Development Bank approved a $410 million package for developing Pakistan鈥檚 Reko Diq copper and gold mine on Friday, as the country鈥檚 rare earth deposits draw foreign interest and human rights concerns.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said that the joint declaration signed on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases would be a new milestone for health protection as it would help achieve the health-related sustainable development goals...
Md Rafius Sajjad joined Bangladesh Water Development Board as additional director general on Tuesday.
CHILDHOOD, from birth to eighteen, is the single most formative period in human life. It is during these years that the foundations of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, motor and linguistic development are laid. Research suggests that up to 90 per cent of brain development, along with socio-emotional and linguistic skills, occurs before the age of three. These...
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday voiced disappointment over the very low implementation rate of the annual development programme (ADP) as it has fallen below one percent...
While the centre of Rajshahi city gleams with new roads, street lights and public works, residents of its slums and suburban neighbourhoods face immense sufferings during the rainy season due to flooding and water stagnation, exposing a stark disparity in development...
Persons outside the civil service can now become executive members of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA)...
THE death of three workers at an abandoned building in Netrakona is yet another reminder that the government needs to take urgent steps to protect labour rights in the informal sector. The deceased were involved in the demolition work of the Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 irrigation office. They died as the roof fell on them. As it has always been the case, the...
Three workers were killed and two others seriously injured when the roof of an old building collapsed during demolition work at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 Irrigation Office in the Nagra area of Netrakona town...
Director general of Bangladesh Water Development Board Md Enayet Ullah held an exchange of views with all levels of officers and employees of the BWDB at Pani Bhaban on Green Road in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation has taken an initiative to hold public hearings with the aim of making the services provided by the BADC to its stakeholders more dynamic, seamless, non-discriminatory and resolving the complaints and problems raised by them expeditiously...
