The government has formed a Taka 823 crore fund with the financial assistance of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) to provide loan to small and marginal farmers at low interest.
Banking giant HSBC is optimistic about Bangladesh's economy as the country returned to normalcy after turbulent times earlier this year.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today blasted BNP chairperson for her recent remarks accusing police for petrol bomb attacks during BNP-led agitation programme against the government at the beginning of this year saying that BNP is lying in the month of Ramadan.
An overwhelming majority (76.66%) of Bangladeshis expressed their happiness with the varied assortment of policies the Awami League government has devised and is implementing with an aim to bring every house under electricity coverage, finds a survey.
Terming the victory of three Bangladeshi-origin candidates in the British parliamentary polls as a pride for the people of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they have brightened the face of this nation through such a glory.