In Bangladesh, 11.4 percent people aged between 14 and 35 married and unmarried are thalassemia carrier, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) released here Sunday. "Among the thalassemia carriers, 11.9 percent are male while 11.2 are female,"Ligen Shah Nayeem, focal point official of BBS, told the report
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Bangladesh’s blue economy may double in next 10-15 yrs: ADB
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Yingming Yang has said Bangladesh is strategically located along major maritime routes, making it a potential hub for trade and transportation. "We could see Bangladesh's blue economy double in size in the next 10-15 years. With its extensive coastline along the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh's
Bangladesh Scouts holds AGM
The adjourned 52nd Annual (Triennial) General Meeting (AGM) of the National Council of Bangladesh Scouts was held on July 6 at Osmani Smriti Auditorium, Dhaka. The meeting was chaired by Bangladesh Scouts President Md. Abul Kalam Azad, MP. During the session, Md. Shah Kamal, the former Senior Secretary of the Ministry
Bangladesh will export rice instead of importing: Sadhan
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said Bangladesh will export rice in future instead of importing. "In the last two consecutive years, our government didn't import rice and there is also no need of importing rice this year," he said while inaugurating a three-day Agriculture Technology Fair-2024 at Sapahar Upazila Parishad
Chinese Textile and Apparel Industry delegation visits BEPZA
A 15-member high level delegation of Chinese Textile and Apparel Industry led by Huang Liansheng, Chairman of China CTEXIC Corporation visits the Executive Office of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Dhaka. Welcoming the delegation, BEPZA Executive Chairman Major General Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, BSP, ndc, psc briefed them on
Visa’s group country manager Sandeep Ghosh to visit Bangladesh
Sandeep Ghosh, Visa’s Group Country Manager, India and South Asia, would be visiting Bangladesh from July 07 to July 08, 2024. His visit reiterates Visa’s commitment to supporting Bangladesh’s digital transformation with a smart cashless economy and Visa’s relentless focus on furthering the country’s financial inclusion agenda. For Visa, the global
Bangladesh to seek $7b fund from China during PM’s visit
Bangladesh will host a trade and investment summit in Beijing during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming state visit to China. PM Hasina will inaugurate the trade summit aimed at boosting Chinese investment and find ways to reduce trade imbalance that now favours China, sources familiar with the development said this week. Over
Encouraged to see advanced preparation in Bangladesh: ADB
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Yingming Yang has said he is encouraged to see Bangladesh's advanced preparation for the post-LDC graduation era, including adequately dealing with the financing and market access challenges that will also be outlined in the next five-year plan. "I have noticed a strong drive for meaningful
PM seeks enhanced trade between Bangladesh, Spain
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday stressed the need for robust trade and commerce between Bangladesh and Spain for mutual benefits. "We want to enhance business between Bangladesh and Spain," she said as Spanish Ambassador here Gabriel Maria Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban. Prime Minister's Press
Bangladesh receives $4.6b remittances from UAE in FY24
The United Arab Emirates has become the highest source of remittance for Bangladesh with around US$4.6 billion in the just concluded fiscal year 2023-24, according to Bangladesh Bank data. Total remittance inflow to the country surged in the latter half of the fiscal year, reaching a three-year high of $23.91 billion.