The whole world has become contaminated with coronavirus. People have stopped moving forward. Especially the daily use of the words social or physical distance, home quarantine, isolation, lockdown, hard immunity, virus-infected and death has not only destabilized the human mind but the scene of uncertainty has started...
A study suggested identifying critically important sectors for reopening the country’s economy by assessing the high/low risks of the spread of Covid-19 infection in those sectors.
The survey, titled “Reopening the Bangladesh Economy: Search for a Framework”, was conducted by the Center for Enterprise...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said mega projects having 3,840 MW power generation capacity are being implementing at Payra, Maheshkhali and Matarbari areas aimed at ensuring power and energy security in the country.
“Considering land availability, fuel transportation...
The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and Saudi- based Engineering Dimension International Investment LLC (EDII) signed a joint venture agreement to set up a cement plant under the name of ‘Saudi Bangla Integrated Cement Company Ltd’ in Sunamganj.
The project is expected to start...
At least 23 more services of 10 ministries and organizations will come soon under the One Stop Service (OSS) centre of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). The ministries and organizations are Land Ministry, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments, Environment Authority,...
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major economic segments of the country will face deep trouble this year due to
the ongoing economic fallout brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according
to a central bank report. Although the government had set a GDP growth target
of 8.20 per cent for this fiscal year citing a V-shaped...
Today will be the first time a restriction will come into effect on Grameenphone since the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) started working on Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines nine years back to enhance competition and bring balance to the market. A mobile network operator can be...
The multinational cigarette company- British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited- has posted a 32 percent jump in its cigarette sticks sales in the first quarter of the current financial year. During that period, the company sold 1,671.2 crore sticks across the country, which was 1,263.1 crore at...
From village tea stalls to city talk shows, Bangladesh is debating how to navigate the coronavirus crisis and restore economic growth. As predicting the future remains guesswork at best, I shall not today attempt to do it. Instead, I found the following table of numbers arresting.