Focus on economic stability, spurring investment to sustain BD's growth
The two-day Economic Reform Summit 2025 has made a set of recommendations including ensuring macroeconomin stability, reviving investment and creating jobs.For doing so, the summit stressed the need for overhaul of financial governance, trade policy, skills development and SME transformation.Speakers at the concluding session of summit on Tuesday said in...
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19 long-lying containers destroyed at Ctg Port
Nineteen containers of hazardous goods, lying long at the Chattogram Port, were destroyed in an environmentally safe manner, according to a press release issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR).The destruction work began at 9:00 AM on Saturday and continued uninterrupted until 9:30 PM on Sunday. Mohammad Nurullah Nuri,...
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‘Each $1.0 investment can save $14 in health, social costs’
Every US$1.0 investment in family planning can save $14 in health and social costs, prevent 30 per cent of maternal deaths, and reduce two-thirds of unintended pregnancies in the country, according to the National Family Planning Strategy for 2025-2030, launched on Tuesday. The strategy addresses key challenges, including high unmet...
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Four die of dengue _
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours until Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 273 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1,041 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, raising the total infected-case to 67, 464 this year, according to the...
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Weather (2025-10-29)
Rain is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhe divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday). Day temperature may fall slightly and night temp erature may rise over the country. The highest temperature on Tuesday was recorded...
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