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BD women enjoy half legal rights that men do: WB
Industry Desk: Bangladeshi women are on an equal standing with men in about half of the cases, according to the World Bank’s “Women, Business and the Law 2023” report, which measures explicit discrimination in different areas.The World Bank’s latest report published on Thursday has shed light on women’s economic participation…
Read More »Multilateralism, food energy, fertilizer coop to focus on G20 meet
Industry Desk: The Foreign Ministers of G20 countries will discuss various issues like multilateralism, food, energy and fertilizer cooperation, emerging threats, counter terrorism and narcotics during their today’s meeting.Although the two-day G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting is going to begin today following a gala dinner, the main discussion part will be…
Read More »Tk227,566cr revised ADP allocation okayed
Staff Correspondent: The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved Tk227,566 crore revised Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the current fiscal year, downsizing the original ADP size by 7.51%.The revised ADP is slated to implement a total of 1,627 projects with the allocation, which earlier was Tk246,066 crore.The approval came today…
Read More »Second installment of WB budget support uncertain
Conditions have not met up Bangladesh has asked the World Bank for a total of $125 million or about Tk 13,000 crore of budget assistance to deal with the crisis caused by the Ukraine-Russia war. This includes a new $ 100 crore or about Tk 10,400 crore. Zarif Mahmud: The…
Read More »ADP allocation decreasing in power-fuel, edn, health and transport sector
Revised ADP to be approved today Ibrahim Khalil Jewel: The Annual Development Programme (ADP) budget for the current fiscal year 2022-23 is witnessing a record low allocation. For this financial year, ADP allocation was Tk 2 lakh 46 thousand crore. In the revised ADP, the allocation of Tk 18,500 crore…
Read More »Govt hajj package: Pilgrims to pay Tk 2.21 lakh more this year
Bangladesh pilgrims will have to spend a minimum of Tk 6.83 lakh to perform hajj under government management this year– around 2.21 lakh more than the previous year. Meanwhile pilgrims under private hajj management will have to spend a minimum Tk 6.57 lakh, around Tk 2 lakh more than 2022. Apart from…
Read More »Only 7pc Pakistani speak in Urdu
Pakistan whimsically tries to make Urdu as state language Enayet Karim: Urdu-the wrong language policy of Pakistan by the then army ruler in 1952 was totally a misconception of Muhammad Ali Jinnah led government. The percentage of Urdu speaking people in 4 provinces of West Pakistan was only 7 percent…
Read More »Christmas Day today
Industry Desk: Today is the Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.The Christians of different groups in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world will celebrate the day amid festivity and religious fervor.They will celebrate the day by offering special prayers, illuminating churches and installing…
Read More »China too eager to build bullet train on Dhaka-Ctg route
– Wants 80pc ownership in the project– BD govt reconsidering the proposal– The train to take 55 minutes to travel non-stop from Dhaka to Ctg Ibrahim Khalil Jewel: A project proposed to build a bullet train from Dhaka to Chattogram was surveyed and designed by China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC),…
Read More »BD to be prepared for health crisis-arising from air pollution: WB
Industry Desk: A World Bank report launched yesterdayrecommended immediate actions, including improving public health services and response mechanisms, improving air pollution data monitoring systems to reduce air pollution impacts on health.The report ‘Breathing Heavy: New Evidence on Air Pollution and Health in Bangladesh’ assessed the impacts of outdoor air pollution…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
