Business leaders on Saturday urged the government to reorganise its economic and development policies in line with the changed global scenario amid the COVID-19 pandemic to protect jobs and livelihoods. They sought proper implementation of the government announced stimulus package to curb the rise in unemployment at...
For a better economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, reining the contamination with better treatment and increased testing facilities and addressing mismanagement and corruption in the country health sector is very crucial, says Sanem. The South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (Sanem) made the observations at a...
The promising growth in export earnings seen at three Asian markets during the previous fiscal year has come to a halt following the coronavirus outbreak. Exports to China, India and Japan, three economic giants, were growing steadily over the last five years. During fiscal 2019-20 as well,...
Remittance has been on the rise in recent years riding on an annual export of more than 7 lakh economic migrants since 2016 – in a development that has helped the government manage the economy smoothly. But the manpower export is expected to witness an alarming fall this...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today strengthened its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing that increased collaboration is helping to expand critical health care across Asia and the Pacific and contain the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. During a conference call...
Health ministry has sought an estimated Tk 5.0-billion emergency fund from the government with an eye to fighting Covid-19, officials said. To this effect, central medical stores depot (CMSD) has recently requested health services division to take necessary steps to approve and release the fund. It will...
In discussions on achieving double-digit ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index, government officials from different ministries and divisions on Wednesday put emphasis on a digitization of services and continuation of reforms. In the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020 report, Bangladesh ranked...
The whole mankind of this planet is now living in a completely unknown socioeconomic environment amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost all organisations of all sizes and sectors, including professional accountants and auditors, are now facing unexpected and extreme challenges across the world. The industry and service sectors...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a $4 billion three-year global bond – the proceeds of which will be part of ADB's ordinary capital resources, according to a press release. "We are very appreciative of the consistently...
