PM launched Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund to finance infrastructure projects
In order to finance different development projects from the country’s own fund, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund (BIDF)...
Govt. set about a project worth Tk438 crore to utilize fallow lands
The government has set about a Tk438 crore project to cultivate fallow land across the country, in order to cope with the...
Padma Bridge Project deadline extended till 2023
The deadline for the much-talked about Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP) has been extended until June 2023 by the Planning Commission, including...
ADP spending threshold up to 85pc without permission
The government has decided to spend more on the Annual Development Programme (ADP). Earlier, it had taken cost cutting measures.
National app store initiated by the government
On March 5th, the government launched a mobile application store in an attempt to encourage local developers. Local telecommunication giant Robi has...
National Economic Council ratified Tk 1.98tn RADP for FY’21
On 2nd March (Tuesday), the National Economic Council (NEC) ratified Tk 1.98 trillion (197,643 crore) revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the...
Govt to lease out the state-owned Jute mills to private sector
The government has decided to lease out all the 25 state-owned jute mills to the private sector. Earlier government has planned for...
Govt to provide cash instead of food grains in FFW and TR programmes
The government has started providing cash instead of rice and wheat to implement its Test Relief and Food for Work programmes because...
Only TK7 lakh cut from ADP budget despite cost minimizing moves
Annual Development Programme (ADP) is an organised list of projects in various sectors and allotments with a year implementing period out of...
BB aid packages used up by the large industries
According to a report by the Bangladesh Bank on the 28th of February, all but one stimulus package under the central bank’s...
The first phase of Diabari-Agargaon route of metro rail is apparent
After the installation of the last segment of the viaduct in Agargaon completed, the first phase of Bangladesh’s first metro rail project...
Planning Commission suggested to trim down development budget
Annual Development Programme (ADP) is an organised list of projects in various sectors and allotments with a year implementing period out of...
Govt. food storage declines, lowest in three years
The government food grain reserves declined to 6.56 lakh tonnes, the lowest in the last three years. Lower food grain reserves also...
Govt. approved imports of LNG from Singapore
The government has given consent to the Singapore-based Vitol Asia Pte Ltd to supply the liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot...
ECNEC ratified a Tk169.19 bn project to develop Dhaka-Sylhet road
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on 16th February (Tuesday) ratified a Tk 169.19 billion South Asia Subregional Economic...
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