Rejaul Karim Byron

The government is going to purchase 30 Mercedes Benz or BMW cars at an estimated cost of Tk 24.26 crore without

Japan is going to invest in Bangladesh's infrastructure projects under a new arrangement in which its companies will work under the government-to-government system without participating in any bidding.

The government is going to appoint 1,112 persons trained in computer science and information technology at district and upazila levels.

The president will be able to make 10 percent of the appointments to four superior posts of public administration from outside the civil service considering their “special merit, skill, eligibility and essentiality” if a proposed law is approved.

The government is expected to save about $36.91 million over 15 years by importing diesel through a pipeline from Shiliguri in India

The World Bank has offered financial assistance to Bangladesh to help Rohingya refugees and their host community in Cox's Bazar where the extreme poverty rate is more than 40 percent.

Bangladesh has achieved a record economic growth of 7.28 percent in the last fiscal year despite a fall in rice production and also in industrial growth. The gross domestic product rose by 0.17 percentage points in fiscal 2016-17 from 7.11 percent in the previous fiscal year, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data.

More than a year after the Chinese president's historic Dhaka visit, some of Bangladesh's key development projects have finally gained momentum.

At a time when Bangladesh is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees as a show of compassion, the World Bank is offering the

A joint venture of Germany's Siemens and a state-run Bangladeshi company is going to set up LNG-based power

Bangladesh has gone one notch down in the World Bank's ranking of ease of doing business mainly due to the hurdle businesses face

The number of safety net beneficiaries increased 4.1 percentage points over the last six years but many needy

The cost of a small component of the Padma bridge project has increased 20 percent mainly due to price escalation of construction materials caused by delays in implementation.

The government is set to import 2.5 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice under a state-to-state arrangement and competitive bidding as part of its aggressive push to boost stocks.

The finance ministry has moved to assess how much budgetary allocation is needed for handling the increasing number of Rohingyas

The government is going to build a 24-kilometre elevated expressway from Dhaka airport to Ashulia for quick entry and exit of vehicles to and from the capital.

A World Bank team is doing a need assessment to help Dhaka deal with the Rohingya crisis that is already putting a tremendous pressure on Bangladesh.

Food inflation increased 55 basis points in September to hit 7.87 percent -- the highest in 38 months -- on the back of the massive

The government is set to import 1 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from neighbouring India under a state-to-state arrangement as part of its aggressive push to boost stocks.

The poor's share in the national income eroded further in the past six years, with the richer segment of the population having bigger stakes.