A red carpet reception was accorded to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she arrived here today on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Government has been able to provide drinking water in five years to 75 percent people of Pirozpur District.
Germany wants to invest in expansion and development of railway network, in-land water transportation, water treatment and waste management sectors. They are also highly interested to invest in Bangladesh for a factory for spare parts machinery for the regional market and considering producing electricity from garbage and waste as well.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here tonight on a four-day official visit to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the government's community health clinic programme and continued success of the country's health sector.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the officials to make the fisheries and livestock sector as one of the main foreign exchange earning sector of the country.
Bangladesh is a leading country for fisheries produce and can play a significant role in the growing food demand for the world in the future, a UN report says.
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima today said his country was comfortable with the incumbent government in Bangladesh since it was reinstalled following a legitimate election under the constitution.
The per capita income of Bangladesh has now reached at US$ 1180, which was US$ 1044 earlier, Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal revealed it after the ECNEC meeting on 21st May, 2014.
A turnaround in Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry opens a new export sector creating jobs and boosting economic growth.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for working together by the South Asian nations to further accelerate the economic development of the region.
The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Taka 86,000 crore for the financial year 2014-15 with the incorporation of the own financing projects of corporations and autonomous bodies of Taka 5,685 crore that has raised the total ADP size.
An important progress has been made in construction of Padma Bridge. A construction firm, China Major Bridge Engineering Company Ltd has been selected to construct the long aspired bridge on the river Padma.
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...
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.”
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.
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...
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.
The government plans to set up a separate ‘Cyber Security Department’ to deal with the fast growing cyber crimes that have emerged as a threat to the national security and financial services. The cyber security department will have a Computer Response Incident Team (CRIT) which will work as a trouble shooter to address the computer relat...
According to the latest economic update by Asian Development Bank (ADB), prudent policy support from the current government along with discovery and utilization of high yielding verities of crops, has poised Bangladesh’s agricultural sector to achieve a higher and sustainable growth in the coming years, comforting economy by ensuring foo...
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