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Capital market to be in good position: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith today said the country’s capital market will go in a good position a few years and play a vital role to expedite investment by arranging necessary financing for the entrepreneurs, reports BSS. “There are no scopes for large ups and downs in the capital market now as the government is muhithworking to develop the market. We have taken different reforms initiatives to take the capital market in a stable position,” he said while addressing a dividend handover ceremony of the Investment Corporation of B...

Spl facilities for local auto manufacturers, assembles

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced to give local automobile manufacturers and assemblers special facilities in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19). “NBR will give the local automobile manufacturers and assemblers special facilities as our main target is to discourage imports of automobiles to create jobs in the country,” said NBR chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan while speaking at a pre-budget meeting with Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) here today, reports BSS. NBR1

Forex reserves rise to $33.2 b by Dec-end

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves rose to $33.23 billion by the end of December, $630 million more than the previous month, the central bank said on Monday. The reserves were up nearly 3.4 percent from a year earlier, and are sufficient to cover about 10 months' worth of imports for the country of 160 million people. forexSteady garment exports and remittances from Bangladeshis working overseas - the key drivers of the country's more-than $250 billion economy - have helped foreign exchange reserves grow steadily in recen...

Achieving SDG 6 targets: Govt, CSOs must work together

Government and Civil Society Organisations must work together to achieve the SDG 6 targets and sanitation for all - participants from around the world shared at the Watershed Annual Partner Learning Meeting 2017. Watershed - Empowering Citizens, is a five-year long policy and advocacy strengthening programme of WaterAid Bangladesh, launched early this year. WaterAid working as in-country IMG_7910lead with strategic partners - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIMAVI, IRC, Wetlands International and AKVO. The programme aim...

Bangladesh stepping into higher growth trajectory

Bangladesh GDP, after almost a decade of 6 per cent plus growth, has achieved 7.24% in FY 17. Bangladesh ranked 31st among the world’s 32 largest economies in 2016. Its GDP (PPP) was $628 billion, and it was projected to increase to $3,064 billion in 2050, according to report of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as mentioned by ICC Bangladesh to its latest News Bulletin editorial (April-June 2017 issue). By 2050 Bangladesh, India and Vietnam will become the fastest growing economies, with Bangladesh expected to see an impressive growth that will push it to 23rd place overall, the report added. PwC ranked 32 countries by their projected global gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP), and made projections for up to 2050.