Bangladesh economy, despite showing signs of recovery from the pandemic shocks, sees some emerging challenges stemming mainly from price hike of essential commodities and decreasing remittances.Such is a latest economic evaluation by an elite trade organisation that also points out recent fresh wave of the pandemic coupled with slow vaccine...
Read moreThe National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) is set to integrate many of its services, ranging from registration to certification of skills, into a web portal to facilitate the services.The web portal - National Skills Portal (NSP) - would gradually add more features in the coming days, people familiar with the...
Read moreIt comes as a significant fresh push for regional connectivity as the World Bank bets US$750 million on salvaging the struggling BBIN corridor meant for connecting four South Asian nations.Officials say the Washington-based lender offers to assist in improving port efficiency, customs modernisation, trade facilitation and upgrading regional-connectivity infrastructures.The proposed...
Read moreA national seed-producing agency now gears up to increase edible oil-crop production and exploit technology as Bangladesh's import-dependence is capitalized to jack up prices of cooking oils.The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has focused on a varietal improvement on oilseeds alongside harnessing modern technologies to boost the cooking-oil production in...
Read moreLoose palm and soybean oil prices shot up to Tk 150 and Tk 165 a litre respectively, as the refiners could not follow even their own proposal on fixing these prices, said insiders. On February 06, the government fixed the maximum retail price (MRP) of loose soybean oil at Tk...
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