The World Bank today approved $213 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve weather and climate information services and to strengthen college education provided through affiliates of the National University.
The $113 million Weather and Climate Services Regional Project will help Bangladesh provide reliable weather, water and climate forecasts and enable communities, especially farmers, to access weather information services easily. The $100 million College Education Development Project will help improve the teaching and learning environment of government and non-government colleges affiliated with the National University.
‘To reach middle-income country status by 2021, Bangladesh needs to focus on priority areas, which include creating a skilled and competent workforce,...
ICAB Centre for Professional Excellence (ICPE) has organized a workshop on " Practical Aspect on BFRS" for the Academicians of University held on 09 April 2016 to 04 June 2016 at ICPE training room. President, Mr. Kamrul Abedin FCA, Vice President (E & T), Mr. Mahmudul Hasan Khusru FCA inaugurated the Workshop.
A total number of 31participents who are Associate Professor to Lecturer in Dhaka University, Jaggnath University, East West University, South East University & United International
In presence of Prof. Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique, Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka and Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shahid Akhter Siddique, Mr. Md. Mehmood Husain, President & Managing Director of Bank Asia is seen handing over the Bank’s contribution of Tk.3.00 million
to Prof. Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Dean, the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Dhaka at a function held at Dr. Abdullah Farouk Conference Hall of the Faculty of Business Studies, DU on Thursday (2 June, 2016) for e...
A ten-member business delegation, led by Salman F Rahman, former president of FBCCI and Vice Chairman of Beximco Group, will leave Dhaka for Saudi Arabia today (Friday) as part of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 5-day official visit to KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
The prime minister’s Saudi visit is considered very significant as Bangladesh holds huge potential to attract Saudi investment, a press release said.
The business delegation leader Salman F Rahman is also very optimistic to woo Saudi investment.
“As Bangla...
Terming some initiatives of the national budget for fiscal 2016-17 as encouraging for industrialization, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today said the proposed 1.50 percent tax on source would hinder the goal of export earning envisaged by the government in line with vision-2021.
"Some initiative might pave the way of industrialization, but 1.50 percent tax on sources would directly create hindrance the evolvement of industrialization," said BGMEA President Md. Siddiqur Rahman in a media briefing that organized to pass their reaction on the proposed national budget, reports BSS.
Mentioning that 1.50 percent tax on source would increase 150 percent direct tax, he said "any wrong
Finance Minister AMA Muhit, MP, proposed the National Budget for 2016-17 FY in the National Parliament on 2nd June 2016. The size of the proposed budget is Tk. 3 Lac 40 Thousand 605 Crore, where non-development expenditure is 2 Lac 29 Thousand 900 Crore, development expenditure is Tk. 1 Lac 10 Thousand 700 Crore and total deficit is Tk. 97 Thousand 853 Crore, which is 5% of GDP. In the proposed budget, the total revenue was targeted at Tk. 2 Lac 42 Thousand 752 Crore, where NBR earnings were projected as Tk. 2 Lac 3 Thousand 152 Crore which is 35.4% higher than the corrected target of the running FY, and non-NBR earnings were projected as Tk. 39 Thousand 600 Crore. This target of revenue earnings, without any doubt, can be termed as ambitious and seems to be ‘not so easy to ...
