Real-Estate & Infrastructure

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the ICT Division of the Government of Bangladesh recently reached an agreement to launch a cybersecurity campaign for the youth and children in selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Sudipto Mukerjee, Resident Representative of UNDP Bangladesh and Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director of Bangladesh …

The government needs to increase health sector budget to help citizens get rid of “out of pocket” health expenditure burden, former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman said. He cited that of the total health expenditure in Bangladesh, 73 percent comes from the pockets of the citizens and the remaining …

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday informed Nepalese delegates that renewable energy generation would be increased through regional cooperation. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s vision is for ensuring 50 percent electricity from renewable energy and clean energy sources by 2040,” he told a bilateral meeting …

The government is likely to frame an expansionary Tk 2.46-trillion annual development programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY), 2022-23, to facilitate economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic losses, officials said on Tuesday. The transport and communications sector is going to grab an allocation of Tk 698.69 billion in …

The government has asked the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection to take stringent actions against the edible oil refineries in case of violation of the existing government order. To this effect, the commerce ministry has recently instructed the agency to take necessary legal steps on the spot using the …

National Board of Revenue (NBR) is unlikely to revise its revenue collection target of Tk 3.3 trillion this fiscal year as the business activities return to normalcy and the exports see a jump. However, the fears of coronavirus breakout do not completely go away. The economy still reels from pandemic …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today informed that the budget of the upcoming fiscal year (FY23) would be placed in parliament on June 9. The minister said this in a press briefing after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Government Purchase (CCGP). The initial size of the budget is …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that import of luxury goods will be controlled as part of tightening the belt. “But import of non-essential commodities will be controlled in public or private sector”, he said while briefing reporters after the two consecutive meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Economic …

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has underscored the need for working closely of both public and private sectors to meet the challenges of Bangladesh’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status. “Bangladesh will graduate to a middle-income country in 2026. It is good news for all of us but also …

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is set to digitally conduct its sixth population and housing census for the first time from June 15 to June 21. The BBS made this announcement during a press briefing at National Economic Council yesterday. “Around 3.7 lakh enumerators will collect the data countrywide. …