BANGLADESH stands at a critical juncture in its development journey, where energy, equity and environment intersect in profound ways. As the country aspires to become a prosperous, climate-resilient nation by 2041, it faces the dual challenge of sustaining economic growth while responding to the escalating climate crisis. Central to this transition is the need to reform...
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority on Sunday inked Transaction Advisory Services Agreement with the Asian Development Bank for setting up Ground Mounted Solar PV (100-200MW) at National Special Economic Zone Project on a Public Private Partnership basis...
The newly designed website of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority was officially launched on Saturday...
Speakers, including government officials, on Thursday, said that there was no alternative to building safe playgrounds for the mental development of children and youths...
Speakers, including persons with disabilities, on Wednesday stressed the need for coordinated efforts between government and non-government sectors to ensure continued development of persons with disabilities...
WHEN we speak of advancing teacher preparation and professional development, the role of 鈥榯eaching observation鈥� deserves renewed attention. Teaching observation involves one teacher observing another鈥檚 classroom practice, followed by a structured discussion. This is not an exercise in fault-finding, but rather a reflective process focused on pedagogical...
The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday approved a $58.6 million grant from the Asian Development Fund and a $28.1 million concessional loan to provide basic infrastructure and critical services for displaced people from Myanmar and host communities in Bangladesh...
CLIMATE change has emerged as one of the most urgent crises of our time, bringing about widespread loss of human life and irreversible damage to nature. Extreme weather patterns 鈥� including rising temperatures, prolonged cold waves, water scarcity, wildfires, sea-level rise, flooding, polar ice melting, storms, landslides, hurricanes and a steep decline in biodiversity...
The government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank on Friday signed four loan agreements totaing $1.304 billion to modernise critical infrastructure, strengthen financial systems and accelerate the nation鈥檚 climate resilience efforts.
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday approved a $900 million loan to Bangladesh for reforming its banking sector and strengthening its resilience to impacts of climate change...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday urged all concerned to implement the project activities correctly, above all kinds of irregularities and arbitrariness, to ensure its benefits and to be proactive in implementing the activities with a responsible attitude...
The interim government appears to continue commercialising the country鈥檚 power and energy sector on the prescriptions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, following the footsteps of successive governments, alleged the Consumers Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday...
Foreign investment does not pose a threat to national security, said Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority and the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority...
The department of development studies under the faculty of arts and social sciences at Bangladesh University of Professionals organised a seminar titled 鈥楶olicy process, institutional reform and sustainable Development in Bangladesh: contemporary issues and challenges鈥� on its campus in Dhaka on Monday...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) on Tuesday said the country received foreign investment proposals worth US$1 billion in last nine months...
A HIGH allocation for women in the budget and the stringent oversight of the allocation can ensure a proper use of the budget funds meant for spending on women to attend to gender inequality. In the light of such a proposition, participants in a pre-budget dialogue, 鈥楢dvancing gender-responsive budgeting FFD4 Outcome鈥� that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs...
Sonali Bank PLC on Sunday signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority to speed up starting business, said a press release...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun today said that they are working to process the first five essential services for starting a business in a single application by the end of next September...
NEARLY six months have passed since the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement began a sit-in inside the partially destroyed Panthakunja Park, one of the capital鈥檚 last parks, calling for a halt to the construction of a section of the Dhaka elevated expressway from the Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing. Protesters say that the construction of the elevated...
The Bangladesh Water Development Board on Wednesday began its drive to remove illegal structures from the land acquired for the flood control embankment in Mirpur Bheribandh...
World Metrology Day will be observed on Tuesday across the country and elsewhere in the world, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of measurement science and its impact on various aspects of life, including business, trade, and sustainable development...
BANGLADESH is a country with a very high youth demographic, which holds the potential to become a powerful driver of national progress, provided they are effectively nurtured and integrated into development processes. However, despite this promise, a large segment of educated young individuals remains unemployed or underemployed. The government has...
Canada has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh鈥檚 growing aviation sector, particularly in airport infrastructure development through soft loan facilities...
The National Economic Council at a meeting on Sunday approved the annual development programme of Tk聽2,30,000 crore for the 2025-26 financial year with lower allocations for the education and health sectors.
Asian Development Bank president Masato Kanda on Thursday assured Bangladesh鈥檚 finance adviser聽 Salehuddin Ahmed of more concessional loans.
AS THE negotiation between Bangladesh and the International Monetary Fund over the release of the fourth and fifth tranches of the $4.7 billion bailout package that the international lending agency approved in 2023 hangs over a few issues and the interim government has sought more concessional loans from other agencies, especially the Asian Development Bank...
The Planning Commission at an extended meeting on Tuesday set the size of annual development programme for the 2025-26 financial year at Tk聽2,30,000 crore.
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has urged the Asian Development Bank to extend more assistance in the areas of digital inclusion, climate action, regional integration and sustainable financing.
On the sidelines of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh has strengthened its development cooperation with key international financial partners through high-level bilateral meetings...
The Asian Development Bank gave a statement in response to the coverage of a press conference in which the multilateral development bank was accused of locking Bangladesh in costly fossil fuels...
