Farm credit soars 20pc as food security takes priority

Agri credit disbursement by banks has grown by around 20 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of FY23. Welcoming the sharp rise in farm credit, central bank officials say this provides a much-needed boost to the country's ongoing efforts to

Welfare-oriented mega projects to get priority

Keeping in mind the benefits people have been enjoying from large infrastructures like Metro Rail and Padma Bridge, the government will also prioritise funding in the next fiscal budget for implementation of more mega-projects, officials have said. The finance officials have already received directives from the government high-ups for allocating enhanced

BCCT will give top priority to research in its funding: Saber

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will give top priority to research in its funding. He said research needs to be increased in the country to solve various problems, and

Customers are going to be my priority: Robi CEO

Narrating his priorities as Robi’s CEO, Rajeev Sethi confirmed that customers are going to be his priorities and to this end, his focus will be to ensure quality of service that the customers are going to feel satisfied with. He made these remarks while meeting the telecom reporters at the Robi

Can Pakistan’s economic prioritization be realized?

South Asian leaders are slowly learning to accept the fact that the world has shifted from politics to economics and thus policies need a mind shift. The smaller non militarized South Asian states like Bangladesh, Nepal, etc are already rapidly moving towards that goal but all suffer from internal management