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Government to train 1.25 million young workers with support from ADB

  Government is going to provide skills training to 1.25 million young workers. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $350 million to Bangladesh to help public and private institutions scale up skills training for the young workers. These training will make them well- equipped to find jobs and meet the changing needs of today's labour...

Bangladesh Will Earn One Billion US $ In Next Five Years from ICT Sector

  Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT Advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said “Bangladesh’s income in ICT sector will cross One billion US $ within next five years.”

Construction to begin of 3rd seaport at Patuakhali’s Payra River

  Works on country’s 3rd seaport is to begin shortly at Patuakhali’s Payra river. Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Payra Seaport Authority, under which the former will provide the latter with monetary, technical and human resources assistance.

PM Asked To Formulate A Broadcasting Policy

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the information ministry to complete the formulation of a broadcasting policy soon after consultation with stakeholders. "The government has already prepared a draft policy (in this connection)," she said in her introductory speech to high officials of the ministry and its affiliated bodies at...

4.5 Million Illiterate People Will Be Provided Basic Literacy And Marketable Skills

  The government has adopted a program to provide basic literacy and marketable skills to some 4.5 Million illiterate people between the ages of 15 to 45.