The Asian Development Bank or ADB has reshuffled the current year’s projects, pushed back a few and included some fresh programmes with the objective of offsetting the impact of the pandemic on life and livelihood in Bangladesh. The changes were made while preparing the country operation business plan for 2021-2023 and updating it for 2020-2022…
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The third meeting of joint working commission on trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan is likely to be held here in October aiming to expand trade and commerce, officials said. Commerce minister Tipu Munshi has already given his consent to hold the meeting between the two countries. The commerce ministry has asked the…
The capital market would become vibrant and dynamic in two years with various reform programmes, said Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam on Saturday. He made the comments at an online seminar titled ‘Capital Market and Covid-19: Charting Impact and Path to Recovery’, organised by the Chittagong Stock Exchange. Shibli said that the…
Easy access to finance for smaller enterprises is required for employment generation and economic recovery during and after the pandemic, experts said on Saturday. They also called for creating a proper database of the labour market situation in the country to formulate time-befitting policies and provide financial and technical support to jobless people to integrate…
The government has expedited the process of replacing more than 70-year-old foreign exchange regulations in order to attract investments while improving the ease of doing business. The foreign exchange policy and operations in Bangladesh are now governed under the provisions of foreign exchange regulations, 1947, which empowered the central bank to regulate the movement of…