Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Despite the ongoing dollar crisis and dwindling foreign exchange reserves, a staggering amount of foreign aid – USD46.55 billion or Tk 5120 billion – remains untapped in Bangladesh. Funds were provided by donor agencies, but have not been released yet. It was revealed that due to some limitations on the part of the recipient and […]
“Now this is a worldwide problem. This fluctuation in the value of the dollar is due to the fiscal and monetary policy of America. So, the global south, developing countries as well as China are facing the same problem. This is something where China wants to work with Bangladesh,” he said. Yao Wen also said, […]
The Planning Commission believes that proper utilization of foreign loans and grants helps in sustainable development and maintaining balance of transactions. It therefore proposed the constitution of a committee under the leadership of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister to review the progress of the projects being implemented with foreign loans to ensure that […]
At the event, Tirtha Sarathi Sikdar, Senior Project Manager, Plan International Bangladesh, highlighted various aspects of the project to be completed this year. He informed the attendees about the significant contributions, outcomes and challenges of the project and exchanged ideas and participated in the discussion. He informed that the project is actively working with 129,000 […]
Now public money is being spent 2-3-4 times as compared to 30-40 years ago. As a result, opportunities for embezzlement of facilities have increased. MA Mannan said, “I would say it is a national problem. By making laws, using current technologies, raising voices, providing clarity to people, it (corruption) will gradually reduce.” The Planning Minister […]
The Planning Minister said, apart from election-related issues, the issue of strengthening bilateral trade and investment was also included in the discussion. Responding to questions from journalists, Minister MA Mannan said, “China’s policy is not to poke its nose into the internal issues of other countries. He reiterated his stand today and we have assured […]
“At present, 10,000 cc blocks and 10,000 geo bags are kept ready along the river bank to face any emergency. Each sack contains 300 kg of sand. Recently, after visiting Harisabha, West Shriramdi, Puran Fire Station, Ranagol, Tila Bari areas, it was found that sand-filled bags have been thrown at many places. At many places, […]
Considering the adjusted division-wise population, it is found that Dhaka division has the highest population of 45,643,915 which is 26.88 percent of the total adjusted population. On the other hand, Barishal Division hosts the minimum population of 9,325,818 which is also 5.49 percent of the total adjusted population. In addition, out of the total adjusted […]
He also said that since our tax-to-GDP ratio is not satisfactory and our revenue collection is also low, there is no option to increase the tax net. Underlining the importance of tax automation, simplification of taxation system and use of technology, the Minister said that agriculture, leather, light engineering, pharmaceuticals and other important sectors should […]
