Rejaul Karim Byron

Foreign aid is likely to be cut by Tk 5,000 crore in the current fiscal year's revised budget despite a significant increase in its

Two years have gone by since the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, but Bangladesh could not bring back the major chunk of the $81 million wired to the Philippines from BB's account with the New York Fed.

The government has formed a high-powered ten-member national taskforce to implement the roadmap for

The Rohingya influx has caused a critical impact on the forest lands in Cox's Bazar as thousands of hectares have been destroyed for making makeshift camps and collecting firewood.

Bangladesh is likely to lose about $2.7 billion in export earnings every year once it graduates from the Least Developed Country bracket, where it has been for 43 years.

The road authorities open the door to app-based transport service providers like Uber and Pathao but on two key conditions -- fares cannot be more than that of taxi services and security cannot be compromised. The government will fix or re-fix the fares if there is any discontent among passengers over those, according to the proposed guideline for the ride-hailing services.

In a first, the government is set to select bidders through limited tendering for implementing the digital connectivity

The government may again send a high-powered team to China at the end of January to speed up the signing of the

The government is going to form a company to oversee bus operations in the capital, provide people with better services and reduce traffic congestion.

The Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) is set to take place in Dhaka next week to discuss issues related to

The government's food stock saw a rise this year compared to the same period last year. This was mainly due to a significant

The government is likely to bring more private educational institutions under the Monthly Pay Order scheme. The education ministry has already sent a draft of the revised MPO policy to the finance ministry which is now reviewing it, said sources in the two ministries.

The government is set to amend the electoral rules of Grameen Bank for the third time in four years after its previous attempts to elect

Bangladesh's external sector is set to pass through turbulence in 2018 given the anticipated surge in food import, petroleum price in

The implementation of at least half a dozen foreign-aided projects involving more than Tk 6,000 crore has become uncertain as those

Just nine months ago, Dhankhali in Kalapara of Patuakhali was nothing but a barren land with a handful of houses. But now there is activity, in massive scale.

Under a government-to-government initiative, Bangladesh is seeking multi-billion dollar support from Japan for implementing 18 infrastructure projects, including a second Padma bridge and a second metro rail line.

The government is going to purchase 30 Mercedes Benz or BMW cars at an estimated cost of Tk 24.26 crore without

Japan is going to invest in Bangladesh's infrastructure projects under a new arrangement in which its companies will work under the government-to-government system without participating in any bidding.

The government is going to appoint 1,112 persons trained in computer science and information technology at district and upazila levels.