Planning Minister MA Mannan on Wednesday said that Bangladesh economy is moving toward a comfortable position with the restoration of global food supply after Russia’s recent deal with Ukraine allowing export of food grains.The minister said this at a …
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said he did not get any proposal from International Monetary Fund (IMF) over hiking the prices of petroleum and power as precondition of providing loan.“They (IMF) didn’t give any proposal over raising power and p…
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) , the state marketing agency, will import 33 million (3.30 crore) litres of soybean oil from two companies, one from United Arab Emirates and another from Canada, through direct purchase method (DPM) without any …
Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said that price of Urea fertilizer in the local market will be readjusted in line with rate in international market.The hike in Urea price by Tk 6 per kilogram won’t have any impacts on food pro…
Maruful Islam Jhalak, executive director of mobile financial services (MFS) provider Nagad, has been named the “Best Emerging Director in Fintech” 2022 by UK-based news magazine The Global Economics.The Nagad executive director is the first individual …
HSBC will launch the ‘Female Entrepreneur Fund (FEF)’ in Bangladesh on Thursday in acknowledgment of the challenges that female-owned businesses face.Female Entrepreneur Fund (FEF) will be launched as part of HSBC’s global commitment to supporting fema…
The two-day 11th International Conference on the Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE) will be held at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford on August 9.The Centre for Business and Economic Research (CBER) of London and Egypt’s Futu…
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has underlined the need for finding new sources and better use of modern technologies to face the challenges in the energy sector.He said that tariff and land availability have been th…
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Roads and Highways Department, Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for movement of Indian Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) or LPG carrying vehicles through territory of Banglad…
Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday stressed the need for formulation of an effective national policy and framing the Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan (IEPMP) in line with the policy in order to ensure good governance in the power and energy s…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has termed Bangladesh a friend of the UN and lauded Bangladesh’s socio-economic development under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.He said Bangladesh is a valued member of the UN and is making an impo…
New Zealand’s unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in the June 2022 quarter, much lower than other developed countries, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Wednesday.The underutilization rate was 9.2 percent in that quarter, Stats NZ said, adding t…
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