Govt, WB sign $250m credit deal today The government and the World Bank (WB) are set to ink a US$250 million financing agreement today (Wednesday) for implementing the ‘First Programmatic Jobs Development Policy Credit’. The financing will be available as the first tranche of a proposed $750 million budgetary support

Quality of economic growth improves The quality of Bangladesh’s economic growth has improved between 2000 and 2015, according to an index developed by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling. The country ranked 106th among 156 nations in 2015 in the Index of Quality of Economic Growth up by six

Prime Minister launches e-passports The introduction of e-Passport will brighten the image of Bangladesh further in the digital world, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has advanced one more step in the digital era with undertaking the e-Passport project. Noting that 118 countries have already

Digital and Mobile Financial services facilitate Financial Inclusion Having access to financial services helps drive economic development. People can escape poverty through financial services that will help them to invest properly in their health, education, and businesses. Financial services are also important for people who need to work through emergencies,

Remittance up 10.28pc as Banks offer higher rate: Syed Mahbub, Chairman, ABB Inward remittances edged up 10.28 percent year-on-year to $11.87 billion in nine months to March this year thanks to the steady depreciation of the taka against the US dollar. As per the bankers, majority of the banks have