The gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of Bangladesh reached 6.94% in fiscal year 2020-2021 while the per capita income increased to $2,591, according to the final report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The information was disclosed at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday. "...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 1,503.32 crore project to set up an institute of frontier technology. Through the ‘Construction of Primary Infrastructure for Sheikh Hasina Institute of Frontier Technology’ project, the government will set up the country’s first frontier te...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the "Comprehensive Partnership" between Bangladesh and Japan is now poised to be raised to "Strategic Partnership". "I'm happy today to note that our time-tested friendship has evolved in depth and dimension. So much so that our "Comprehensive Partnership" is now poised to be raised to "Strategic Par...
European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley expressed interest in working in Bangladesh's energy sector. "Cooperation for green transition, smart grid, renewable energy and regional cooperation with Nepal-Bhutan can be financed by the EU," he said while paying a courtesy call on State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resource...
Western European country Luxembourg has reaffirmed Bangladesh to continue its support regarding the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their homeland Myanmar alongside exploring new opportunities to widen and deepen the existing bilateral relations further. The reaffirmation came when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged greetings with her ...
Genocide Watch, a US-based organisation that campaigns against all forms of mass murder, has recognised as genocide the crimes committed by the Pakistani forces during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. “Genocide Watch recognizes the crimes committed by the Military Forces of Pakistan against the Bengali population in Bangladesh i...
Germany has praised Bangladesh saying the economy of the "up-and-coming" country continues to grow rapidly, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the poverty rate has been halved since 2000. "In a rapidly developing region, Bangladesh is now an important economic and political partner for Germany," said the German Federal Foreign Ministry in a...
Influential US Congressman and Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Gregory W Meeks has said they do not want to impose any sanctions against Bangladesh and there is an excellent relationship between Washington and Dhaka. "We want to make sure that we are not [imposing any sanctions] against Bangladesh and we are still working with t...
Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The elections to the Chair and Vice-Chairs of PBC were held at the UN Headquarters, New York on Tuesday. Ambassador Fatima is the first woman to be elected the PBC C...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today that BNP has to explain the source of crore dollars it has given to lobbyists as part of their anti-state conspiracy and tarnish country's image before the world. "BNP has to answer and explain from where they have got lakhs or crores of dollars to give foreign firms...
The government looks to set up a shipbuilding facility in partnership with foreign investors at the Payra seaport in Patuakhali with an investment of $1.58 billion to cut import dependence for vessels and market ships globally. State-run Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) under the industries ministry will provide land to Genti...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked police personnel to discharge their duties with utmost professionalism and uphold democracy in the country apart from maintaining peace and stability. "I believe every police personnel will perform his or her duties with professionalism to maintain peace and stability in the country and uphold democracy th...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday expressed her firm conviction that none can stop the indomitable pace of the country's advancement as it has become a "role model" of development before the world. "Bangladesh is an independent country. None can ever stop the indomitable pace of Bangladesh's advancement. It is much needed to march Banglade...
Bangladesh Awami League, during the talks with President M Abdul Hamid today placed some proposals, including enacting new law, strengthening the Election Commission (EC) and using EVM like technologies in the polls. The ruling party AL led by its president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the proposals as she led the 10-member delegation ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government's main focus is on building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation. "Our aim is to turn Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country through building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation," she said. The premier said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of th...
Bangladesh is expected to be the 24th largest economy in the world by 2030 despite the adverse impacts of Covid-19 pandemic that has taken huge toll on life and livelihood globally. Bangladesh has also become a digital economy and the nation envisages that it will be a developed economy by 2041, according to the National Human Development Repor...
Amid sound macroeconomic policies, Bangladesh has navigated the Covid-19 pandemic relatively well, says the United Nations (UN). The country's total economic output is projected to expand by 6 percent in 2022, according to the UN's World Economic Situation and Prospects 2022, which was launched recently. Bangladesh economic activities ride on ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on leveraging research-based knowledge for the country's socioeconomic development, calling upon the researchers to put concentration on basic and practical researches alongside exploring unused resources. "Along with the research, we are putting emphasis on how the knowledge, gained from the res...
Rooting out its stigma of as ‘bottomless basket’, Bangladesh is now well-recognized as a developing country. Internationally, this rise has stunned many states as a surprise or miracle. But economists interpret it differently. They think that Bangladesh has changed due to the appropriate policy of the government, the continuation of ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the country will be undoubtedly run following the directives and guidelines of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that he had given through his ideological speech on the historic homecoming day. "Father of the Nation delivered his policy-making speech and issued directives on his ...
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