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Hasina regime cooked economic growth data

Many economic parameters were cooked during the past Awami League regime while over US100 billion learnt to have been siphoned off the country, a Brussels-based agency reports and suggests rapid reforms for a rebound.Macroeconomic indicators, including export figures and growth data, were believed to be manipulated and were "highly misleading",...

Philanthropies, donors, banks pledge $5.43b

Multilateral donors, banks and philanthropic communities Friday pledged around US$5.43 billion in the COP29 conferences for funding climate-related projects, which greens from Bangladesh demand as grants. Of the total, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announces around US$3.5-billion funding for new programme to help counter the impact of melting glaciers, Azerbaijani...

Stability restored in inflationary trend

Finance adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said although the interim government inherited a high inflationary trend from the previous regime, stability has been restored due to various steps of the government, reports BSS. "The previous situation now does not exist as stability has been restored although not fully. Earlier, the...

Project afoot to advance tech, vocational training

The Technical and Madrasah Education Division (TMED) of the Ministry of Education has initiated a project to advance technical education and vocational training (TEVT) at an estimated cost of Tk 24.58 billion.The project will ensure training for 34,310 technical and vocational teachers through establishing two new technical teachers training colleges...

Large manufacturing industries surmount setbacks, show upturn

Bangladesh's large-scale manufacturing sector surmounted setbacks to get on an upturn as owners and economists see further advances ahead now that the dust settles through political transition. The sector, which accounts for over 11 per cent of the country's GDP, started the fiscal year 2025 on a positive note, recording...

Bangladesh begins importing power from Nepal via Indian grid

Bangladesh has begun receiving 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Nepal under a trilateral power-sharing agreement involving India, marking a milestone in regional energy cooperation. The electricity started flowing on Friday, according to reports published in various news agencies and online news portals in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.The agreement was...

Snap shows workers unloading live fish from a specialised truck

The snap shows workers unloading live fish from a specialised truck, equipped with a housing system to keep fish alive, at Jatrabari wholesale outlet in the capital on Friday. Available at various markets, these fish are brought to Dhaka from its adjacent districts. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam