Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has expressed India’s commitment to working collaboratively with Bangladesh in a “positive, constructive, and forward-looking manner,” emphasizing mutual interest and benefit. Verma conveyed t…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman emphasized on Monday the necessity for a stronger emphasis on cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) alongside the agriculture sector to bolster economic growth and employment rates. T…
Dhaka: As hypertension and other NCDs continue to rise in Bangladesh, ensuring adequate budget allocation in the 2026-27 national budget is vital to improve access to essential medicines and address gaps in sustainable health financing.
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Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat, said premier’s Deputy Press Secretar…
Dhaka: Experts at a webinar today stressed on ensuring adequate budget allocation in the upcoming 2026-27 national budget and availability of medicines to combat hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Despite the alarming rise of hyp…
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has secured another significant foreign investment in diversified product manufacturing at BEPZA Economic Zone. A land lease agreement has been signed between BEPZA and South Korean compa…
Dhaka: The ‘World Health Day’ will be observed tomorrow in a befitting manner across the country. On this occasion, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services, and non-governmental development organizations worki…
Sylhet: A fire in the server room of Sylhet’s MAG Osmani International Airport gutted some valuable equipment early Sunday. Airport Director Hafizuddin Ahmed stated that international flight operations and immigration services were not affected. ‘Alth…
Dhaka: Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday announced that the government is working with a comprehensive plan to increase people’s income and transform Bangladesh into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034. In response to a written que…