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Food price marks rise in FY18, admits Muhith

Food prices marked a rise in the first quarter of current fiscal FY18, admitted Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday. He made the statement while placing the report on budget implementation progress of July-Sept, the trend of income and expenditure,...

Pro-poor rice sale scheme will not hurt reserves: Minister

Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam claims the Tk 10-per-kg-rice welfare...

RAJUK submits proposal for land development, shifting of utilities

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has a sent a project proposal...

Call for forming 'Banking Enquiry Commission' forthwith

The government should move to form a 'Banking Enquiry Commission'...

Infrastructure, policy-induced disincentives major hurdle for LLG export: Study

Problems regarding infrastructure pose as one of the major problems...

Regulator asks banks to use Bangla in loan approval letters

The central bank has asked the scheduled banks to use...

Utilising local coal resources a must for cheaper electricity

Fast depleting gas reserve and lack of major initiatives to...

BRT project cost doubles

Cost of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has more...

Loan-recovery drive falters as defaulters bamboozle Sonali

Sonali Bank's classified credits bloated to Tk 137.98 billion in...

Businesses fear political chaos will lead to economic downfall

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) requested political parties...

Disparity in distribution of wealth getting bigger: Study

In Bangladesh rising GDP growth and rising income and wealth...

Government to initiate project for creating women ICT entrepreneurs

The government has designed a project to create more female...

Bangladesh budgeting 'least transparent' in South Asia

Bangladesh's budgeting process is least transparent in South Asia as...

Many nowadays prefer metal chests to banks for savings!

People are now increasingly taking recourse to putting their money...

Muhith calls for boosting cotton production to cut import reliance

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has called for an end to...

China likely to confirm $3.0b loan next month

The much-awaited US$3.0 billion (Tk 247.49 billion) Chinese loan for...

Muhith for weaning imported cotton

Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday emphasised the need to increase...

Removing inequalities vital for BD: Norway

Norway has said Bangladesh needs to make sure that the...

BB lowers general provision to raise housing loans

The central bank has lowered the required general provision against...

Islamic banking investment jumps 19pc

The total investment in the country’s Islamic banking sector jumped...

Import from USA crosses $1b

Country’s annual import from the United States of America (USA)...

LTU serves show-cause to BPDB

The revenue authority issued a show-cause notice to the state-owned...

Five million ultra poor to get rice at Tk10

The government will bring down the price of rice at...

IDB-UNESCAP deal to accelerate progress towards SDGs

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) one of the world’s largest...

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