Rejaul Karim Byron

Dhaka and New Delhi are going to take some fresh measures, including formation of a joint monitoring committee, to quickly

Dhaka and New Delhi have signed a $4.5 billion credit agreement with a provision for spending nearly one fourth of the amount on Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant at Rooppur. Through this deal, India becomes a party to the civil nuclear programme to be implemented by Russia.

Bangladesh's utilisation of Indian lines of credit has been nothing more than a sorry state of affairs in the past seven years. Over the period, Dhaka has witnessed renewed vigour in New Delhi's commitments to financing projects with credits doubling and redoubling.

Bad loans ate up 51 percent of the operating profits of banks in the first half of the year -- a development that will

Exim Bank of India is set to relax one of the major conditions for the projects under the $4.5 billion line of credit extended to Bangladesh for smooth implementation of the projects.

Bangladesh and India are set to start the final round of negotiations for the neighbouring country's latest commitment of $4.5 billion

The government is going to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) on a small scale using existing seaside platforms of various state-owned enterprises as part of an aggressive drive to meet energy shortages.

Failing to import parboiled (Shiddo) rice from Myanmar due to high price, the government yesterday approved another deal to import 50,000 tonnes of rice through international tender.

London-based ED&F Man Sugar Limited has got the nod to supply 50,000 tonnes of refined sugar to the government.

The World Bank is ready to lend a helping hand to Bangladesh in dealing with Rohingyas who have recently entered the country in

Following recommendations of MPs, the government has planned to spend Tk 665 crore for building religious institutions and other

The government is going to import one lakh tonnes of sugar to boost stocks and keep prices stable, said industries

The government plans to introduce two different interest rates on savings tools in order to rein in its growing

Local as well as foreign entrepreneurs can get low-cost credit from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica)

The cost of funds that Bangladesh gets from the World Bank is likely to double the next fiscal year, thanks to a rise in the country's per capita income.

Bangladesh's maiden liquefied natural gas (LNG) import is one step closer to fruition after the cabinet gave the green light to the pricing and draft contract for the deal.

The government is going to import 2.5 lakh tonnes of white rice from Cambodia at a price which is 5.34 percent higher than the rate it paid to Vietnam as it seeks to boost stocks.

Eight state banks had a capital shortfall of Tk 12,683 crore at the end of June even though they got a handsome amount of fund from the government exchequer.

The World Bank has offered a low-cost loan of $250 million to Bangladesh for tackling natural disasters.

People in the country's northeastern haor areas remain at the mercy of nature. Every year, pre-monsoon floods come and submerge vast swathes of land, destroying the only crop in the region -- Boro. It seems haor people are destined to suffer.