BADC holds workshop on 4IR
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation held a training workshop on the 4th Industrial Revolution on Wednesday, said a press release...
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BRDB holds deputy director conference
A conference of deputy director of the Bangladesh Rural Development Board held at its conference room on Wednesday...
Adani assured of arrear payment聽
Finance minister Abul Hasaan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday said that the government would clear arrears on power purchases from the Adani Group of India...
BADC chair inspects Jashore area activities
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Abdullah Sazzad on Saturday inspected its Jashore area activities...
Agricultural sector needs systemic policy attention
INADEQUATE attention to agriculture affects a steady growth of the agricultural sector. This is reflected in the declining share of agriculture in gross domestic product in recent years. Its contribution has reduced over a decade, from 17 per cent in 2010 to 12.6 per cent in 2020...
BR analysing freight, cargo facilities to make future plans
Bangladesh Railway authorities are analysing its container, freight and cargo transportation facilities for taking future plans...
Agri sector should get focus as key economic driver: experts
Experts and economists on Thursday said that Bangladesh鈥檚 agriculture sector should get focus as one of the key economic drivers, beyond food security...
Govt urged to ensure health coverage of all
Development activists on Sunday urged the government to sketch a roadmap to achieve the World Health Organisation鈥檚 universal health coverage by 2032 for attaining the United Nations鈥� sponsored Sustainable Development Goals...
Bangladesh highly vulnerable to climate impacts: seminar
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday highlighted Bangladesh鈥檚 role as an active voice in global climate diplomacy, combating climate change and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals...
Bank sector battered by people with political clouts: economists
Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector has suffered a serious setback over the years, as people having political clouts received from banks various benefits beyond legal scopes, economists said...
World Telecom and Info Society Day today
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day will be celebrated in the country today with the theme 鈥楧igital Innovation for Sustainable Development鈥�...
BIDA holds workshop to enhance business landscape
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority has recently hosted a three-day workshop on the 5 pillars related to the 鈥楳unicipality Competitiveness Index鈥� to address key reform agendas under the Bangladesh Investment Climate Improvement programme...
Connection between 2 expressways in limbo
The lack of coordination among the authorities in implementing development projects becomes evident once again in a latest instance in which the building works to connect the two under-construction expressways, to be done in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in the capital, remains in limbo...
Govt borrowing to exceed new ADP
The government鈥檚 projected borrowing is set to exceed the planned provisional annual development programme size of Tk 2.65 lakh crore for the upcoming financial year, officials said...
PM asks engineers to take sustainable projects for development
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the engineers to take the pro-people, pro-environment, cost-effective, suitable and sustainable strategy and plans to quicken country鈥檚 development...
BARD organises innovation expo
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development organised innovation expo in Kotbari, Cumilla on Thursday.
Health promotion authority sought
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday emphasised the necessity of establishing a health promotion authority in Bangladesh, similar to those in Thailand and other countries, for sustainable health development and effectively combating...
BWDB holds orientation
The orientation programme of the 15 newly-appointed sub-assistant engineers and section officers (mechanical and electrical) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board was held at Pani Bhaban meeting room on Panthopath in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Youth dialogue on economics, development studies held at NSU
The economics department of North South University along with the Young Economists鈥� Forum organised a youth dialogue on the topic titled 鈥楬igher Studies and Career Prospects in Economics and Development Studies鈥� at the NSU recently...
Country faces challenges created by others: adviser
Prime minister鈥檚 energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, on Thursday said that Bangladesh was facing a challenge not to be created by it rather it is created by others...
Singapore shows interest in investing
A high-level delegation from Singapore during a meeting with Bangladesh Investment Development Authority showed keen interest in investing in Bangladesh...
Speed cap fixed at 80kmph
The government has fixed the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles at 80 kilometres per hour in an attempt to reduce road crashes...
Answers and questions remain
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is in for another round and many Indian commentators are saying that it is because he is turning 鈥業ndia鈥� into a nation and giving people a sense of pride and security that they did not have before...
PDB owes聽Tk 33,108cr聽to power producers聽
Bangladesh Power Development Board owes Tk 33,108 crore to different power generation companies, both public and private, including...
Bangladesh receives investment proposals worth Tk 33,806cr in Jan-Mar
The country received investment proposals worth Tk 33,806.29 crore from some 302 industrial units during January-March, 2024...
ADB sets record with $1.42b net income allocation from ordinary capital resources in 2023
The board of governors of the Asian Development Bank on Sunday approved the bank鈥檚 2023 financial statements and a $1.42 billion net income allocation from its ordinary capital resources, the highest in ADB鈥檚 history...
CDA chair pays tribute to AL leaders
Chittagong Development Authority chairman Mohammad Yunus paid tribute to the late dignitaries of Chattogram recently, said...
UK worst-performing economy in G7 next year: OECD
The UK will be the worst-performing聽economy聽among the G7 next year because of lingering inflation and stubbornly high interest rates, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Thursday...
Keen to work together with Bangladesh: 聽ADB VP Bhargav
The Asian Development Bank is keen to work together with Bangladesh and other partners on climate front, extending finance to important projects which are useful and impactful....
Pledge to eliminate child labour by 2025 appears mere rhetoric
AN INCREASE in child labour, with more than a million children engaged in hazardous work, shows the emptiness of the government鈥檚 pledge to eliminate child labour in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending all forms of child labour...