The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed two agreements with the government to give Bangladesh $111 million in loan to support the country's efforts to improve farmland irrigation systems and also to tackle river erosion.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today thanked the Malaysian government for its decision to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved compact township project for rural people of seven divisions involving Taka 424.34 crore.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic Mar 7, 1971 speech that effectively declared Bangladesh’s independence has been selected as one of the most rousing and inspirational wartime speeches in the last 2,500 years.
The cabinet today approved the draft of "The National Shrimp Policy, 2014" aimed at boosting shrimp production and raising export earnings from the sector.