The country's foreign exchange reserves today hit a new record of $44.02 billion thanks to the upward trend of remittance and lower import payments, Bangladesh Bank data showed. The reserves, one of the major macroeconomic indicators of an economy, touched the $41 billion mark on October 28 and rose to $42 billion on December 15 and $43 billion...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the struggle to establish the primacy of Bengali as the mother language started by the Father of the Nation paved the way for Bangladesh's independence.Hasina also urged the people to take pride in their heritage and history as Bangalees while virtually addressing the presentation ceremony of the Ekushey Padak-2...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (Sasec) Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development project, aiming to ensure Bangladesh's overall economic development. The Sasec corridor, which involves Tk16,918.59 crore, will improve the country's road connectivit...
Just as it had been for past LDC status graduates, Bangladesh will also not face a lot of challenges afterwards for already having proven its economic resilience and potential for sustainable growth, according to a government study. It can be confidently stated that Bangladesh is going to graduate from its least developed country (LDC) status w...
More than 900,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh in seven days since the mass inoculation began on Feb 7. On Sunday, the health workers administered over 169,000 doses across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS. At the 47 hospitals in Dhaka, nearly 23,000 ...