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Trade deficit shrinks

Bangladesh’s trade deficit during the first six months of the 2013-2014 fiscal contracted by 58.29 percent to about $1.53 billion year-on-year, the central bank data showed Sunday. remmitanceThe Bangladesh Bank data showed the country’s import payment was $16.044 billion, down 0.11 percent, during the July-December period of the current fiscal (July 2013-June 2014) while earnings from exports stood at $14.511 billion, up 17.15 percent, during the same period, reported Xinhua. The data showed that ...

Bangladesh key economic indicators – Feb 15

DAILY INDICATORS

Thursday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.75 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 07.00-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,759.32 4,763.71 --------------------------------------------------------------- indicatorMONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Jan. 7.50 7.35 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 6,425.75 6,403.17 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Jan. 18.12 18.07 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Dec. 2,72...

India may allow entry to freight vehicles from Bangladesh

India may allow vehicles from Bangladesh to enter and ply in the country when they bring goods, in a big brother gesture to improve bilateral ties and facilitate trade by reducing freight costs and decongesting borders. The measure was originally planned as a bilateral agreement, but with no response from Bangladesh for about a year, the commerce department has now proposed a unilateral offer, government officials said, reports the Economics Times. bd-indiaThe commerce department had written to the road transpo...

Bangladeshi girl to create world record

Thirty-five year old Jannatul Mawa Ruma is on her way to create a world record by travelling 450 kilometres on foot in nine days. Holding the national flag, Ruma started from Kolkata Press Club in India on February 11 around 4pm and reached Bangladesh’s largest land port, Benapole, on Thursday evening. After resting there the whole night, she started for Dhaka on Friday. jannatul-mawa-640 Resident of Purbo Rajabazar in the capital, Ruma is an NGO activist. She told reporters at Benapole yesterday that she had stayed at a rest ...

Bangladeshis among 102 held in Malaysia

Malaysian immigration police today detained 102 more foreign workers including Bangladeshis in an ongoing crackdown on illegal expatriates.It was not clear immediately how many of them were Bangladeshis. child_arrest_2416186b Earlier, at least 451 Bangladeshis were detained since the crackdown began on January 21 to streamline the labour market of the country. According to The Star, a Malaysian English daily, around 4,000 foreign workers of different nationalities were nabbed in the crackdown. The detainees are mainly fro...

Primary teachers’ test on March 14

primaryTests to recruit assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts will be held on March 14. Additional secretary of the primary and mass education ministry SM Ashraful Islam told bdnews24.com that the test will start at 10am and end at 11am. On December 8, the ministry cancelled the tests due to leakage of question papers. The districts where fresh written tests will be held are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sherpur Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Cox's Bazaar, Satkhira, Pabna, Jhenaidah, Rajbari, Meherpur, Khulna, Sunamganj, Moula...
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