The bank estimates that around 630,000 net jobs could be created in the next financial year. However, this will not be enough to reduce poverty rapidly. The World Bank also said that about 62 million people live just above the poverty line and could fall below it following any economic shock. Natural disasters including floods, […]
Indian High Commissioner posted in Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday afternoon. Diplomatic sources have said that apart from the matters related to the relations between the two neighboring countries, there was also discussion between Narendra Modi and Dinesh Trivedi about the current situation in Dhaka on […]
Bangladesh today strongly condemned the Houthi drone attack on the Tayyaba power station in the holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, and expressed full solidarity with the Kingdom in defending its security and sovereignty. In a statement, the government described the deliberate targeting of critical civilian infrastructure serving the Prophet’s Mosque as “an unacceptable attack […]
A circular to this effect was issued by the Foreign Exchange Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank today, Wednesday. Under the new framework, banks will be allowed to jointly provide international digital payment services with foreign payment service providers, digital platforms, online payment gateway service providers and other legitimate payment solution providers. The circular refers to […]
Police security has been tightened at the residence of Jamaat-e-Islami MP Ghulam Rasool, who represents Jessore-4 constituency, following the attack allegedly due to a road dispute. Meanwhile, normal functioning has resumed at the madrassa at the center of the controversy involving the MP and his daughter, with classes and all other activities continuing as normal. […]
Singapore tops this year’s index, with its passport holders enjoying visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 destinations. In second place are Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose citizens can travel to 188 destinations without obtaining a visa in advance. Sweden is in third place with access to 187 destinations. A total […]
While stranded in the Persian Gulf for four months, many sailors aboard various ships went into shock, some even lost their lives, yet no one came forward to provide them medical treatment. At that time, many ships ran out of food and water, while some even sank while attempting to transit the strait. The Bangladesh-flagged […]
Line up: Bangladesh: Tanzeed Hasan Tamim, Saif Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Tauheed Hridoy (captain), Yasir Ali, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Abdul Ghaffar Saqlain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan and Taskin Ahmed. Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadivanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Milton Shumba, Clive Madende, Brad Evans, Tinotena Maphosa, Richard Ngarawa […]
After the half-centuries of Tanjid Hasan and Saif Hasan, thanks to the brilliant performance of spinners Rishad Hussain and Mahedi Hasan, Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by 34 runs in the Twenty20 International match on Friday. Batting first after losing the toss, the tourists scored 186-5 thanks to a 120-run first-wicket partnership between Hasan (58) and Hasan […]
This idea is not at all new. The Kunming Initiative of the 1990s later evolved into the concept of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor, which envisioned connecting Kolkata, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Kunming in China. However, tensions in India-China relations, ongoing border disputes, India’s objection to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Myanmar’s political instability […]