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Forex reserves cross $23b

Foreign currency reserves have crossed $23 billion for the first time in the country’s history, on the back of steady export, remittance growth, and lower oil prices. The reserves now stand at $19.04bn, enough to pay off six months’ imports and second highest among SAARC countries The reserves stood at $23.03 billion yesterday, according to figures from the central bank. “A stable flow of remittances and export earnings contributed to the record reserves,” said Kazi Saidur Rahman, head of the forex reserve and treasury management department at the central ban...

Out-of-school children: A promise yet to be fulfilled

Today, as the Millennium Development Goals draw to a close and the development community is thinking of new development targets, many children are not learning in school. But, in addition, more than 120 million children and young adolescents still remain out of school. That is almost one in ten children of primary school age, and one in seven children of lower secondary school age. For these children, the right to education remains a distant dream. children out of schoolPerhaps, most alarmingly, data show a steady ...

WB praises Bangladesh progress in reducing poverty

Bangladesh is recognized globally for making remarkable progress in reducing poverty and advancing human development, said Annette Dixon, World Bank vice-president for the South Asia region, Thursday. wb“Other countries can learn from Bangladesh’s rich development experience,” Xinhua news agency quoted Dixon as saying as she concluded her first visit to Bangladesh since assuming her position in December 2014. Dixon has pledged strong support for the people of Bangladesh to achieve the goal of becoming a middle-income country by the end of this decade. ...

Police torture with impunity: AI

Amnesty International has alleged that the police and other security forces in Bangladesh committed torture with impunity. In its annual report 2014-15, covering 160 countries and released on Tuesday, the London-based rights organisation mentioned that journalists and human rights defendants continued to be attacked and harassed. human rights BangladeshThe report contained 80 cases of forced disappearances between 2012 and 2014 and killing of more than 100 people in election-related violence in 2013-14 and expr...

Indian Foreign Secretary to visit Dhaka on March 2

New Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is coming to Dhaka on Mar 2. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 13 informed his counterpart Sheikh Hasina by telephone that he will be sending his new foreign secretary to Dhaka. Jaishankar_Foreign_Secretary_650-450x256A senior foreign ministry official confirmed the date of his visit. The foreign ministry official said they got the date on Sunday. “He will visit for a day and leave on Mar 3.” Modi replaced Sujatha Singh ...

Campaign for UN, EU to hold fresh election in BD

The Bangladesh Democracy Forum (BDF), supporters of a United Nations regulated election in Bangladesh, have launched a petition urging supporters to demand the United Nations and European Union intervene and oversee new political elections in the country. violance against womenThe BDF, comprised of democracy loving people of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi expatriates, non-resident Bangladeshis and other interested stakeholders are urging involvement as the country is in the midst of political unrest since 5th January, 2014's unilate...
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