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Latest Bangladesh Poverty Maps launched

The State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning, M.A. Mannan MP launched the Bangladesh Poverty Maps 2010 on Wednesday the third generation of poverty maps in Bangladesh, which is an important statistical instrument for estimating the poverty incidence up to sub-district (upazila) levels. wbThe poverty mapping exercises show that Rangpur and Barisal Divisions have the highest incidence of poverty while Chittagong and Sylhet division have the lowest. The maps were developed in a joint exercise by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), t...

Broadcast policy to make media responsible: PM

As a defence to the recently formulated National Broadcast Policy 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has formulated it to make the media responsible alongside freedom. “Freedom is good but that freedom comes along with some responsibilities…these responsibilities are to the country and State and society. These responsibilities have to be performed,” she said, reports UNB. hasina2222The Prime Minister was speaking at a programme at her office (PMO) marking the distribution of financial assistance to the s...

Bangladesh gets its own Bitcoin Foundation

We talk a great deal about how the large economic powers are reacting to Bitcoin and some of the efforts being carried out regionally to enhance Bitcoin awareness in major markets like the United States and China. What we often miss however is how important smaller nations, especially countries with large tech-communities, are to the success of Bitcoin. Bangladesh is an excellent example of this and the new Bitcoin Foundation Bangladesh seems to be an excellent example of a great start on cryptocurrency education in the region. bitcoinThe Pre...

Jamaat gets Indian funds to fan agitation against AL govt

Islamic fundamentalists, mainly Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, received funds from Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen, the prime accused in the multi-crore chit fund scam, to fuel agitation against Awami League government, reports Indian media. Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen not only funded political parties in India, but also Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh, said the report run by the New Indian Express yesterday. Jamaat-e-IslamiInvestigating agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate have stumbled upon sensational infor...

Most part of fund for Gorai project goes down the drain  

Major irregularities and shoddy work have been detected in the Tk 9.42 billion Gorai river restoration project (phase-II), officials said. Such irregularities have seriously undermined the main objectives of reducing salinity and ensuring higher water flow in the Gorai River, an evaluation report of the government’s Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has revealed. Officials concerned said the salinity of the Gorai River has increased, water flow has not improved and the river erosion is continuing even after completion of the major portion of the project in last five years, the Financial Express reports.

Exclusive economic zone for Japanese investors    

Bangladesh has decided to set up an economic zone exclusively for the entrepreneurs of Japan, the world’s third largest economic power. “We have a plan to set up eight new economic zones across the country. We may allow the zone at Mirsarai in Chittagong for Japanese investors,” said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday. “The decision to allow a separate economic zone for the Japanese investors has already been made,” Tofail told reporters after a meeting with Norihiko Inshiguro, vice-minister of economy, trade and industry of Japan, at the Secretariat, Daily Star reports. “We may finalise the allocation of the economic zone during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month,” he said, adding that the government had acquired 8,000 acres of land in Mirsarai. ...
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