Dragon fruits cultivation changes youths’ fate Many youths of the country are changing their fates by involving themselves in the agriculture sector especially cultivating the costly fruits dragon and making them self-reliant. According to the news agency’s district correspondents, Mizanur Rahman Mithu, a youth of Sariakandi upazila of Bogura has
Read MoreBangladesh’s remittance expected to reach $23 billion in 2023: World Bank The remittance flow to Bangladesh is expected to reach $23 billion in 2023, according to a report of the World Bank. Currently, remittance is growing at 7 percent, said the Migration and Development Brief of the Global Knowledge Partnership
Read MoreForex reserves go past $20 billion mark after loans from IMF, ADB Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves rose to $20.41 billion today after $1.09 billion in loans from two global lenders were added to the central bank’s account. Before the loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development
Read MoreBankers cut US dollar rates by Tk 0.25 Bankers today decided to cut the buying and the selling rates of the US dollar by Tk 0.25 as Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves received a fillip after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second instalment of its $4.7 billion loan. This
Read MoreDeposit-rate cap lifted Banking industry is finally open for competitive operations with the interest-rate cap on deposits lifted, in a development that comes amid liquidity crunch and certain market distortions. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Tuesday withdrew the interest-rate cap to unshackle bankers for collecting deposits of three months and above, thus
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