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Financing SDGs poses 'serious problem' soon

Financing government recipe for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will emerge as "serious problem" for Bangladesh in the near future, says AMA Muhith.The finance minister came up with the prediction Monday at a press briefing on the eve of Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) 2018, where the government will apprise...

Dhaka, Naypyitaw talk on repatriation deal

YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar is building a camp to temporarily house 30,000 Rohingya Muslims targeted for repatriation after fleeing violence in Rakhine State, state media reported on Monday, as Myanmar and Bangladesh met to discuss how to implement a repatriation deal. More than 650,000 Rohingya have headed across the border to...

Shipping firms fear it may hurt external trade

Local shipping firms have expressed fear over detention of 13 vessels as they thought it would affect the country's external trade, particularly of perishable commodities like potatoes.Executives at the firms said that foreign principals of the local firms got panicked due to the warrants issued by the country's Admiralty Court...

Troubled Farmers Bank changes chairman again

The board of directors of the troubled Farmers Bank Limited (FBL) witnessed a reshuffle again as it got a new chairman only after a short tenure of one and half month of the outgoing chairman.It was second such reshuffle after November 27 last year, amid liquidity shortage that emerged out...

Bangladesh 3rd highest in veg growth

Bangladesh now grows 16.04 million (160.42 lakh) tonnes of vegetables annually in the country, according to sources at the agriculture ministry, reports UNB.During the ongoing three-day National Vegetable Fair that began on Sunday at the Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB), ministry officials said, country's weather and soil conditions are favourable for...

Shakib Al Hasan playing a shot during the first ODI cricket match

Shakib Al Hasan playing a shot during the first ODI cricket match of Tri-Nation Series against Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital on Monday. — AFP

$60m loan deal with OFID for infrastructure dev

The government is set to sign two loan agreements with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) for US$60 million for the 'Payra Bridge (Lebukhali Bridge) Project' and the 'South Asia Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Road Connectivity Project'. Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and OFID director-general Suleiman...