The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 23,928,643 as of Monday while the death toll climbed to 397,532
Australia’s border has been largely closed to overseas visitors since March 2020 to stem the spread of Covid-19
The boss of the project watchdog also informed that IMED is in talks with seven or eight ADP executing agencies
Dr Mustafizur mentioned positive impact of the 2 percent incentive on remittance
Experts see the rise in imports as a good sign for the country’s economy, explaining that a rise in imports means increasing investment and impetus to the economy as a whole
Once in operation, the expressway is expected to contribute to hassle-free road connectivity from the southern areas to north areas
The instruction came up at a secretary-level meeting with cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam in the chair
Some 400mmbtu of imported LNG will be supplied to the grid until February, down from the regular volume of 550- 650mmbtu
The funds are being allotted according to how integrated each member was with the UK economy
The central bank has made the recommendation on condition of submitting e-TIN of the parents in favour of school banking accounts
Nasrul Hamid said cyber security and physical security instructions are needed to ensure safety of each grid or power plant
In a statement on Sunday, NBR said that Electronic Fiscal Device Management Systems (EFDMS) has been introduced to ensure transparency in payment of VAT
Five hi-tech parks are ready for local and international investment
The onion price started to fall sharply after India announced to lift the ban on the export from January 1 last
Sector insiders said though the woven sector was the best performing sector, it started slowing down since the beginning of corona pandemic that hit hard the global supply chain
She said the uncertainties and stresses caused by the second wave of Covid-19 still persists
The Indian state-owned NTPC Vidut Vyaper Nigam Ltd (NVVN) has already made a proposal to extend the PPA
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the World Bank is not consistent in its prediction
CCGP approved nine proposals including one for procuring 12.85 lakh metric tons of refined fuel oil
The import growth in 2018-19 fiscal was 1.8%, according to official numbers
Bangladesh now can afford more borrowing to address the economic fallout from COVID-19 pandemic
The package will be spent on subsidy in working capital interest and credit guarantee schemes to support economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis
The number for December 2020 was around $2.05 billion ($2,050.64mn), compared to $1.7 billion ($1,691.68mn) in 2019
The allocation will be 17.04 percent of the fiscal budget or 2.84 percent of the GDP
The three firms' shares are thinly traded in the US compared to their primary listings in Hong Kong
The World Bank in June in its forecast envisions a 5.2 per cent contraction in global GDP in 2020, despite the extraordinary efforts of governments
This additional loan will finance activities from January 2021 to December 2022
Revised budget outlay for the current 2020-21 fiscal year is going to be downsized by 5.28 per cent to Tk 5.3 trillion from Tk 5.68 trillion
During the February-April period, apparel makers faced cancellation of export orders worth about $3.18 billion that slightly started rebounding from July
Economists are hopeful that 2021 will be the year to turn things around
Earlier, the previous highest reserves amounting over $42 billion were recorded on December 15 this year
The additional loans will scale up the ongoing $616 million Bangladesh Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Improvement Project, which ADB approved in 2017, said a press release
The new mid-term plan, touted as the main tool for attaining Sustainable Development Goals, eyes to create 113,30,000 new jobs by FY25
In the last financial year, the country's export earnings suffered a whopping 17% negative growth
The country will be the 34th largest economy in the world by 2025 continuing to be 2nd in South Asia
The number of active MFS accounts was 41.03 million in September this year, which slipped to 33.29 million at the end of October
India is tipped to become the third largest economy by 2030, according to UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
In the last 10 years, India has committed for a total of $7.5 billion credit support to its next door neighbor Bangladesh under three LoCs but only $1.26 billion has so far been disbursed
Bangladesh received about $21 billion remittance till December 17, 2020
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has created a separate online portal “Membership Online Service”