Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank or ADB has reshuffled the current year's projects, pushed back a few and included some fresh programmes with the objective of offsetting the impact of the pandemic on life and livelihood in Bangladesh. The changes were made while preparing the country operation business...

Massive irregularities were found at a post office building construction project, insiders said. They said many new office buildings under the project had construction faults and mismatches in the procurement system. The project implementation authority - Directorate of Post - had purchased 17 vehicles instead of three...

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor today placed a Tk 4,506.75 crore budget for 2020-21 fiscal year. The budget is Tk 1,449.51 crore higher than that of last fiscal. The budget was placed at the second board meeting today -- held at a community centre in Mirpur...

The third meeting of joint working commission on trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan is likely to be held here in October aiming to expand trade and commerce, officials said. Commerce minister Tipu Munshi has already given his consent to hold the meeting between the...

The capital market would become vibrant and dynamic in two years with various reform programmes, said Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam on Saturday. He made the comments at an online seminar titled ‘Capital Market and Covid-19: Charting Impact and Path to Recovery’, organised by...

National Tea Company Limited has reported a loss per share at Tk35.21 for the first nine months (July-March) of FY20, which was Tk9.69 in earnings per share during the same period of the previous year. During the period, the company's earnings per share (EPS) fell by 172%...

Easy access to finance for smaller enterprises is required for employment generation and economic recovery during and after the pandemic, experts said on Saturday. They also called for creating a proper database of the labour market situation in the country to formulate time-befitting policies and provide financial...

The central bank has stopped publishing the figure of stressed assets in its annual financial stability report with a view to painting a rosy picture of the banking sector at a time when lenders are facing one of their worst crises in living memory. This may create...

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam said today that a total of 13 banks have formed low-interest special fund to invest in the capital market to further revive it. “Progress is being made as the Bangladesh Bank has given the opportunity...

বৈশ্বিক প্রবৃদ্ধি কম হলে এবং রোগ সংক্রমণের হার উচ্চ থাকলে ৮.২ শতাংশ প্রবৃদ্ধি অর্জন কঠিন হবে বলে অভিমত দিয়েছেন ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অর্থনীতি বিভাগের অধ্যাপক ড. সায়মা হক বিদিশা। শনিবার (১৮ জুলাই) ‘কোভিড-১৯ ও বাংলাদেশের শ্রম বাজারের চ্যালেঞ্জ’ শীর্ষক সানেম সংযোগের ষষ্ঠ পর্বে উপস্থাপিত মূল প্রবন্ধে ড. সায়মা...