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After jacked-up project costs, comes higher borrowing rate

Bangladesh, Oct. 6 -- Having endorsed a ramped-up cost of two MRT megaprojects, Bangladesh will now have to borrow higher-rated Japanese funds for implementing those much-talked-about metro-rail schem... Read More


ADB to lend Bangladesh $100m to commercialise agriculture

Bangladesh, Oct. 3 -- Smallholding and outmoded farming is poised for extinction through mechanisation and commercialisation of agriculture under a donor-funded programme aimed at switching to product... Read More


Financial sector safeguard project up for govt approval

Bangladesh, Sept. 29 -- A financial-sector project for promoting technology-enabled banking to check NPL buildup and fiscal scams is up for government seal of approval, officials say. Advertisement C... Read More


Bangladesh Railway plans first electric train project worth Tk 38.23b,

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Bangladesh Railway is set to take its first major step towards electrifying the country's rail network with a Tk38.23-billion project to build an electric train line connecting... Read More


Bangladesh Railway plans first electric train project worth Tk 38.23b

Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- Bangladesh Railway is set to take its first major step towards electrifying the country's rail network with a Tk38.23-billion project to build an electric train line connecting... Read More


BR proposes Tk 106m for project staff allowances

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh Railway (BR) has proposed Tk 106-million fund for allowances of its officials and employees under a rail-line installation project doubling the cost than the origina... Read More


Palm oil imports far outpace soybean oil

Bangladesh, Sept. 11 -- Bangladesh's imports of palm oil far exceeded those of soybean oil in monetary terms in the last fiscal year, despite soybean oil being the preferred cooking oil among househol... Read More


Agro-exports fall short of $1.0b again

Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Bangladesh's agro-export earnings fell short of the US$1.0-billion mark for the fourth consecutive year in FY2025-26, despite repeated government initiatives to expand and moder... Read More


FY26 foreign aid commitment drops 37pc

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Bangladesh's overall external assistance confirmation dropped by 37 per cent in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with India not committing even a single penny, officials say. Advertisem... Read More


Transition-time depressed dev works diminish ADP execution

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Depressed development works in the transition time are among reasons that diminished Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP)-implementation rate to a historic low of 67.... Read More