Rejaul Karim Byron

South Asian countries must remove non-tariff and para-tariff barriers and improve connectivity to boost regional trade, ministers and

ANNETTE Dixon (AD), the World Bank's vice-president for South Asia, has recently visited Bangladesh in preparation of the multilateral lender's Country Partnership Framework for fiscal 2016-20. The Daily Star (TDS) caught up with her for an interview during her visit.

Bangladesh stands to gain substantially from greater economic integration with its South Asian neighbours, experts said yesterday.

State-owned commercial banks are set to disburse 14.71 percent more loans to tanners this year than the last to boost the leather

The government is set to take up yet another power project at Ashuganj at a cost of Tk 2,931 crore in a bid to enhance the country's energy capacity in line with its growth ambitions.

The different government agencies disagree with the World Bank's reform proposal, which has now created a new hurdle to getting the $500 million budget support from the multilateral lender.

The balance of payments (BoP) surplus more than doubled in the first month of the fiscal year on the back of less spending on

Development spending in the first two months of the fiscal year has been the lowest in four years in spite of the various initiatives

Different ministries and divisions have proposed transit fees that amount to Tk 347 or $4.4 per tonne under the inland water transit

Some Tk 31,903 billion will be required for implementation of the seventh five-year plan, 90.4 percent of which will come from

The government will take up a Tk 420 crore project for setting up a separate economic and industrial zone for Chinese investors on 774 acres of land in Anwara, Chittagong.

The government is going to increase allowance for freedom fighters by 60 percent to make it Tk 8,000 monthly per person.

The government is set to form two institutions -- a bank and a separate entity -- for running the pension fund for public servants, after the cabinet gave it the green light.

The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday agreed to a three-year extension in the tenure of the American consulting firm that is

Bangladesh Bank and state-owned financial institutions will get a pay scale different from other public servants after the cabinet on

The government is set to make procurement rules stricter under the limited tendering method or LTM so that bidders are compelled to

Fees for transit cargo or passenger vehicles under the motor vehicle agreement among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) are likely to be identical among the four countries.

The central bank will not give consent to special loan rescheduling proposals past this month as some bad borrowers have been found misusing the facility.

Bangladesh Bank has taken an initiative to set up a modern hospital, Combined Bankers' Hospital (CBH), following the model of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

Banks' capital base shrank in April-June compared to the previous quarter mainly due to deterioration in the financial health of state