TEEAL e-resource programme for agri improvement
Sets pertaining to TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library), a programme that helps improve agriculture sector through easy access to research literature, are being placed in universities and research universities in Bangladesh and training is being provided for their use, according to Sathguru Management Consultants, which is supporting the running of the programme along with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Established in 1999, TEEAL is a programme of Cornell University Library’s Albert R Mann Library, in partnership with leading publishers, to provide access to agricultural research literature. It contains almost 500,000 articles from more than 350 highly ranked research journals in agriculture and related biological sciences.
“Garment villages” to double clothing exports
The rapid growth of Bangladesh’s garment industry has been a blessing and a burden to the country. Even as it has provided jobs to millions and helped Bangladesh cut its poverty rate, it has also exploited the nation’s poorest and most desperate, leading to the gratuitous and preventable deaths of thousands (see: Rana Plaza in 2013).
So invaluable is the industry to Bangladesh that the country is doubling down on the business, despite the repercussions. Already the world’s second largest exporter of clothing by some estimates, Bangladesh intends to double its apparel exports to $50 billion by 2021.
The country’s commerce minister, Tofail Ahmed, announced the plan last week, including the creation of a “garment village” in the southeastern port city of Chittagong—a major export hub...
Fiscal trade deficit balloons
Bangladesh’s trade deficit ballooned in fiscal 2014-15 that ended June 30 on the back of increased imports, a central bank official said on Wednesday.
The trade deficit in the fiscal surged 45.97 percent to about $10 billion compared to a year earlier, Xinhua 
quoted a Bangladesh Bank (BB) official as saying.
The official said the country’s import payment was $40.69 billion, up 11 percent, in the last fiscal year while earnings from exports stood at $30.77 billion, up 3.3 percent, during the same period.
The gap between Bangladesh’s export earnings and imp...
quoted a Bangladesh Bank (BB) official as saying.
The official said the country’s import payment was $40.69 billion, up 11 percent, in the last fiscal year while earnings from exports stood at $30.77 billion, up 3.3 percent, during the same period.
The gap between Bangladesh’s export earnings and imp...
New code of conduct launched for shrimp industry
The Fisheries and Livestock minister of Bangladesh, Mohammad Sayedul Hoque, has launched the updated Code of Conduct for the Bangladesh shrimp industry.
He underscored the importance of the introduction and implementation of the Code of Conduct as per internationally recognized norms and standards to ensure the quality and safety of Bangladesh shrimp products, reports NewsHour.
He reiterated the commitment of the Government to extend all assistance to the shrimp industry in Bangladesh which is contributing significantly ...
He reiterated the commitment of the Government to extend all assistance to the shrimp industry in Bangladesh which is contributing significantly ...
Mega livestock project to change rural lifestyle
The government is going to undertake a project to rear some 5 lakh cows and buffaloes by rural people on cooperatives basis in seven divisions, aiming to meet the country’s growing demand for milk and meat.
“A project is being prepared in this regard where the beneficiaries will be provided with cows and buffaloes after training on improved animal husbandry,” said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told UNB.
The Planning Minister said the country’s hilly, river-erosion-prone and char areas will be given preference for implementing this big project by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
BB to refinance NRBCBank
An agreement was recently signed between Bangladesh Bank and NRBC Bank. Under this agreement Bangladesh Bank will refinance NRBCBank against their finance to Jute processing industries.
Mr. Provash Chandra Mallick, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank and Mr. Dewan Mujibur Rahman, MD & CEO of NRBCBank signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.
Among others, Deputy General Manager Mr. Tapan Kumar Saha, Deputy Director Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Al Masum of Bangladesh Bank and Senior Executive V...
Mr. Provash Chandra Mallick, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank and Mr. Dewan Mujibur Rahman, MD & CEO of NRBCBank signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.
Among others, Deputy General Manager Mr. Tapan Kumar Saha, Deputy Director Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Al Masum of Bangladesh Bank and Senior Executive V...
