City Bank inks deal with IDCOL for digital cash management solution
City Bank and Infrastructure Development Company Limited have recently signed an agreement at the latter鈥檚 head office in Dhaka, said a press release.
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$500m ADB loan likely for ailing banking sector
The Asian Development Bank is likely to provide $500 million budget support in May for improving assets聽 quality of the ailing banking sector.
No response prompts re-tender of BPDB solar power projects 聽
The Bangladesh Power Development Board has again extended the deadlines for its three tenders floated to build solar power plants with capacities between 10MW and 100MW as no proposals have so far been received from potential investors...
Adoption of modern technologies emphasised for edn sector
Speakers at a programme have said that the adoption of modern technologies will play a crucial role in the development of education sector in the country.聽..
Masato Kanda assumes office as ADB chief
Masato Kanda today officially assumed office as the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank...
Country鈥檚 economy in positive trend: BIDA chief
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun said that there was a positive trend in the country鈥檚 economy in the past six months...
BEZA plans to implement 20 SEZs in 20 years
The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority is planning to implement 20 Special Economic Zones within 20 years under three phases...
NBR to launch Authorised Economic Operator Feb 23
The National Board of Revenue is going to launch Authorised Economic Operator on Sunday, February 23, to streamline import and export processes by providing a seamless clearance system...
Rafiqul Islam Choubey joins BWDB as addl DG
Engineer Md Rafiqul Islam Choubey has recently joined the western region of Bangladesh Water Development Board as additional director general.聽
Trump fires USAID inspector general
US president Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development, US media outlets reported on Wednesday...
DU-PDF introduces new committee for 2025
The Physically-Challenged Development Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young people with disabilities, on Monday announced its new 21-member executive committee for the Dhaka University unit (DUPDF)...
Establishment of separate SME bank suggested
A taskforce has suggested establishment of a separate bank or a similar institution to cater the financing need of the small and medium entrepreneurs...
Nurture Nest for child development launched
Nurture Nest, a child development centre run under the supervision of Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Limited, was launched at a programme at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Localised SDGs and our media
AS A signatory to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted on September 25, 2015, Bangladesh has been involved in executing the sustainable development goals for the last nine years and playing a commendable role in the global sermon on the SDGs. The government of Bangladesh has engaged respective stakeholders in the...
Ismaili Muslims leader Aga Khan dies
The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid network, has died in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced on Wednesday.
Ban on on-campus student politics is no solution
A TASK force that the government instituted in September 2024 submitted its report, Re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development, on January 30. The task force, composed of 12 members, in the sixth chapter of the report titled 鈥楻eaping the Benefits of Demographic Dividends: Investment in...
BRAC launches 'Livestock Grow Initiative'
BRAC鈥檚 Microfinance programme has officially launched the 'Livestock Grow Initiative鈥� to ensure financial security and sustainable development for livestock farmers across the country...
Task force emphasises research, innovation to diversify economy
The task force report on re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development said that Bangladesh can boost its economy by using innovation and R&D to diversify, improve productivity, and add value to its products...
US foreign aid suspension hurts global development
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
Barind farmers worried as BMDA not to allow boro cultivation
The farmers in water-stressed eight upazilas in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, and Naogaon districts are worried as the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority will not allow to cultivate boro on all of their lands under its deep tube-well coverage in the upcoming season for severe groundwater depletion due to unplanned and excessive extraction for decades...
Construction experts attend gala event
With the aim of building a brighter Bangladesh through technological innovation, social progress and sustainable development, Ceramic Bangladesh magazine held an event titled 鈥楽haping Bangladesh: Designing Tomorrow, Building Today鈥� at a hotel in the capital recently...
Missed chance or growth catalyst
MIGRATION has long been considered a one-way movement, with migrants leaving their country of origin and making the host nation their final abode. However, this notion of migration as a permanent transition has evolved. According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates, roughly 40 per cent of migrants are likely to...
IFAD delegation expresses commitment to sustainable agriculture in Bangladesh
International Fund for Agricultural Development delegation visited Bangladesh this week and expressed their commitment to sustainable agriculture in the country, said a press release on Thursday.
AIB holds business development confce
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC held its Business Development Conference 2025 on Saturday at a hotel in the capital Dhaka...
Strengthening of local govt bodies stressed
Speakers at an event on Thursday stressed the need for strengthening local government institutions to achieve national development goals...
ITF ASIA U-14 DEV C鈥橲HIP: Kabbo fails to reach final in Colombo
Bangladesh鈥檚 Kabbo Gayan failed to reach the boys鈥� singles event final of the ITF Asia Under-14 Development Championship 2025 second tournament after losing to Nicholas Ming of Singapore 6-2, 6-2 sets in the semi-finals in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday...
Islami Bank holds business dev conference
Two-day business development conference of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC concluded on Sunday, said a press release...
Bangladesh's Kabbo reaches semis in Sri lanka
Bangladesh鈥檚 Kabbo Gayan reached the boys鈥� singles semi-finals of the ITF Asia Under-14 Development Championship 2025 second tournament after defeating Sri Lanka鈥檚 Peiris Pattiyage Dinuga Damsath by...
Kabbo, Akash, Jannat reach qtrs of ITF Asia U-14 Dev C鈥檚hip
Three Bangladeshi tennis players, Kabbo Gayan, Akash Hossain, and Jannat Howlader, advanced to the quarter-finals of the second competition of the ITF Asia Under-14 Development Championship 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.