Online shopping spree in Dhaka life
Naima Dilshad is busy. Until recently, besides working at a bank in Dhaka’s Eskaton area and taking care of her family, she spent much time in traffic running errands. These days, she does many of her errands online.
“I used to be totally exhausted. Now I feel relieved as I don’t have to run around for shopping,” Dilshad told Khabar South Asia. “In the midst of work I visit different online shopping websites and place orders for the stuff I need and they deliver the goods at my house.”
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Bangladesh signs deal with IMO on ship-recycling
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Bangladesh government have signed a landmark agreement to work together to improve safety and environmental standards in the country’s ship-recycling industry.
A Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the cooperation between the two was signed by Mr Nicolaos Charalambous, Director, Technical Cooperation Division, IMO and Mr Md. Ashadul Islam, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Bangladesh, on 10 April 2014.
February money supply rises 15.85 pc yr/yr
Bangladesh's broad money supply in February rose 15.85 percent 6,623.11 billion taka ($85 billion) from a year earlier, marginally up from 6,537.65 billion taka a month ago, the central bank said on Thursday.
Below is table of broad money supply.
Feb. 2014 Jan. 2014 Feb. 2013
(bln taka) (bln taka) (bln taka)
Broad money supply 6,623.11 6,537.65 5,716.82
Below is table of broad money supply.
Feb. 2014 Jan. 2014 Feb. 2013
(bln taka) (bln taka) (bln taka)
Broad money supply 6,623.11 6,537.65 5,716.82
Bangladesh needs more support to fight climate change
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ambassadors of the Kingdoms of the Netherlands and Norway this week reviewed programmes aimed at improving resilience to natural disasters and agreed that Bangladesh needed more support in this key area.
Worldwide, Bangladesh is recognized as the country most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, and frequent natural calamities are among the main threats to food security and nutrition.
On a five-day visit from Rome, WFP Assista...
On a five-day visit from Rome, WFP Assista...
Rice import value surges twelve fold
The country's spending on rice imports have increased twelve fold during the first eight months of FY 2013-14 (July 2013 - June 2014), compared with that of the same period in FY 2012-13, according to the Bangladesh Bank.
The Bank’s data shows that actual import settlements for rice stood at $171.58 million between July 2013 and February 2014 against $13.24 million during the same period last year, say local sources. The Bank also says that rice imports surged despite an increase in rice production in FY 2012-13. Decline in international rice prices, increase in domestic rice prices, appreciation of Bangladeshi taka against the U.S. dollar are the ...
WB finalising plans to lend $2.7b to Bangladesh
The World Bank (WB) is finalising plans to lend Bangladesh a sum of $2.7 billion for investment purpose, its president Jim Young Kim said.
“...through the (proposed) $2.7 billion of new lending, we hope to again, just engage very directly with the government and with all of the other players to take Bangladesh to even lower levels of poverty,” Kim said.
“We had many other projects going with the government at the same time. We are now just finalising plans to sign agre...
“We had many other projects going with the government at the same time. We are now just finalising plans to sign agre...
