The cell-phone operators have sought 11.8 MHz of spectrum in 1800 band against the available spectrum of only 7.40 MHz
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”
It was necessary to have modern localizing safety systems at nuclear power plants to prevent or limit the spread of radioactive substances
Asian markets and the pound moved higher on Thursday ahead of a possible post-Brexit deal
A CMSME will be eligible to get the highest Tk 5 million in loans under the stimulus deal
The number of agent banking accounts stood at 87.86 lakh in October
According to the provisional Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the country's foreign exchange reserves stood at 42,094.90 million US dollars as of Dec
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Saturday
Cane crushing started at Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills (ZBSM) Limited at Dewanganj upazila of the district on Friday
The Asian Water Development Outlook 2020 describes the status in the region of water security
Buyers from top export destinations are holding and deferring new orders from Bangladesh due to the re-imposition of strict lockdowns and slowdown in economic activities
Finance Minister said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make her decision on utilising foreign exchange reserves
The pilots will be paid an equivalent annual salary that could reach $200,000, for a total potential cost of $32m
MoUs have been signed with the European Union and OPEC Fund for International Development with regard to this
Following the joining of six new vessels, the organization’s net income increased, the board members of BSC opined
Actual imports through back-to-back LCs of ready-made garment (RMG) products increased by nearly 26 per cent to $505.71 million in September from $401.73 million a month ago, according to BB data
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