Rejaul Karim Byron

Eight projects are likely to be placed in today's Ecnec meeting, in what can be viewed as a return to normal order following the flurry of project approvals in the three months to the 11th general elections.

The World Bank has attached several conditions to its budget support programme that it extended to Bangladesh for three years with a view to creating faster job growth, which has slowed down in recent times.

October, 1971. The war waged by the Pakistani occupation army on Bangalees had just entered its eighth month.

The government may impose an import tax of Tk 1,000 to Tk 2,000 per bhori of gold under a new policy, mainly to discourage smuggling and use of legal channels to bring in bullion.

Bankers' hopes of making substantial loan recovery in the lead up to the polls did not come about as many sharp-witted election

The much-awaited database of national savings certificate holders, which is expected to check the current misuse of the high-yielding savings tools, is expected to take off from February next year.

The use of foreign aid in the first four months of the fiscal year dropped 8.80 percent in spite of the ambitious utilisation target set by the government.

Within a year of completion, overloaded lorries and high number of vehicles plying have created ruts on the expanded Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

The government yesterday approved 39 development projects worth Tk 86,687 crore in an apparent move to woo voters ahead of the general election.

More than 35 projects, mainly involving police, rural and urban infrastructure development, are likely to be placed for approval before a special Ecnec meeting today.

Bangladesh ranked 176th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index this year, which is the lowest ranking for a South Asian nation -- an alarming development given the government's claims of reforms to improve the score.

The Ecnec is set to approve more than two dozen projects today, just a week before the Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for the upcoming general election.

Local seagoing container shippers have urged both the Bangladeshi and Indian governments to allow them to carry goods of third

Dhaka and New Delhi are going to sign next week three important agreements, including one allowing India to use Chittagong and Mongla ports to transport cargoes to its north-eastern states.

The planning ministry has convened another Ecnec meeting today where nearly two dozen projects would be placed, setting a rare

The cabinet yesterday approved the first-ever gold policy for the country aiming to make import and export of the precious metal easy, stop its smuggling, and ensure transparency in its trade.

Overall investment crossed 31 percent of GDP for the first time in Bangladesh's history last fiscal year thanks to a spike in public spending on mega infrastructure projects now being implemented.

Bangladesh and India are going to re-open another rail link between Chilahati in Nilphamari and Haldibari in Siliguri to boost sub-regional trade and tourism.

US law firms will provide reports to Bangladesh Bank in the next three weeks on the basis of which the central bank will file a damage

After facing strong criticism last year over poor food reserve due to failure in procuring targeted amount of rice from the domestic market, the Ministry of Food has made a complete turnaround this year.