Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed today said export to Japan doubled in last five years and is expected to exceed $ 2 billion mark in next three years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon all concerned to develop the country's huge population as "human capital" to expedite the pace of development as she assured of extending allout government support to this end.
The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the "Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015," to pave the way for facilitating the setting up of nuclear power plants in the country.
The cabinet today approved the new pay scale for civil servants and members of the armed forces raising the current salary by nearly 100 percent to be effective from July 1, 2015.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman today said the government is going to expand the stipend net by another 5.2 million students at the primary education level.