Bangladesh's debt servicing to overseas lenders is rising year-on-year, as the government opts for higher hard-term borrowing in recent years, analysts said on Monday. The debt servicing against different medium- to long-term loans (MLTLs) from the external development partners gone up by over 79 per cent in last nine years....
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh expects the UK to promote the interests and priorities of climate vulnerable countries to international platforms, reports UNB.She said this when COP 26 President-Designate Alok Sharma met her at her official residence Ganobhaban.PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.He...
Read moreVisiting COP 26 President-Designate Alok Sharma on Wednesday urged rich nations to expedite creation of the annual $100 billion climate fund so that climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh can benefit from it.He also urged all countries to fulfill their commitments to limit global temperature rise to 1.5-degree."I have urged the...
Read moreSector insiders and migration experts suggested bringing Saudi-bound workers under Covid-19 vaccination on a priority basis so that they could go overseas without hotel quarantine hassles.If the vaccine course is over, they said, the workers would be rid of the extra quarantine cost.At the same time, all sections related to...
Read moreThe government has finalised a decision to take away gallantry awards from four of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's killers, who received them for their actions during the Liberation War, reports bdnews24.com.A gazette stripping the awards from fugitives Shariful Haque Dalim, Risaldar Moslemuddin, M Rashed Chowdhury and SHMB Noor Chowdhury will...
Read moreA gazette notification has been published on the rules earlier framed for issuance of debt securities through private offer or public issue.The rules styled 'The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Debt Securities) Rules-2021' will come into force with immediate effect.The rules will be applicable to the issuance of all types...
Read moreAround 40 per cent of the country's overall electricity generation will come from renewable energy sources by 2041, according to the Power System Master Plant.An estimated 2.0-million people have already got access to electricity through 5.8-million solar home systems across the country.State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul...
Read moreThe frontier districts of Bangladesh have adequate oxygen in their stocks to deal with Covid-19 patients, DGHS spokesperson Dr Nazmul Islam said on Wednesday, reports UNB."Although the Covid positivity rate in frontier districts is much higher than the rest of the country, there's no need to panic as hospitals have...
Read moreThe 15-daylong National Vitamin A-plus Campaign 2021 will begin on Saturday to strengthen immune system of the children aged between six months and five years.National Nutrition Services (NNS) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will implement the campaign as per the decision made in a meeting of its...
Read moreDozens of countries on Wednesday pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen availability of COVID-19 shots to people in poorer nations who have so far come up short, report agencies.The announcements, ranging from $2,500 from island nation Mauritius to millions of dollars and doses from larger,...
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