Key programmes under the January-June monetary policy statement (MPS) might have missed the mark with performances on almost all estimates falling far below the targets.
As of May, by official count, the domestic credits consisting of public and private ones increased just over 11 per cent against the target of 16.4 per cent up to June.
The [...]

The Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover has apparently failed to serve its purpose, as many transport operators are reluctant to use it mainly because of high toll rates and nagging tailbacks at its major exit points.
The Tk 23 billion flyover, the longest one in the city, was built with a view to easing traffic congestions at [...]

Bangladesh needs to find innovative ways of financing for achieving the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goals as traditional funding is 'insufficient' to attain the 'all encompassing' SDGs, a recent government report has found.
"The major obstacle for attainment of SDGs for Bangladesh happens to be in the areas of finance, mainly in mobilising domestic resource, scaling up [...]

The demand for mosquito-repelling items has risen in recent times after the outbreak of Chikungunya, dangue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases, according to traders.
They said sales of mosquito nets, coils and sprays have increased roughly two to three times, compared with normal days.
A recent visit to some of the city markets such as Mogbazar, Hatirpool, [...]

Bangladesh still needs to do a lot more in the areas of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) by 2030 to achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as still 56 per cent of the population or 71 million are deprived of safely-managed water, a joint report of WHO and UNICEF has said.
The WASH hazards include [...]

Bangladesh and India will run a container train on pilot basis between Dhaka and Kolkata to assess the feasibility of extending the services on commercial basis in next month.
Bangladesh is the ninth-largest importer of Indian goods, according to a report by www.thehindubusinessline.com .
In April, State-owned Container Corporation (CONCOR) had signed an MoU with Container Company [...]

Justice Anwarul Haque, Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1, lost his battle with cancer as he breathed his last on Thursday. He was 61.
ICT Registrar Md Shahidul Alam Jhinuk said Justice Haque died at around 5.30pm at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
Justice Haque left his wife, many relatives and [...]

Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was being treated for late-stage liver cancer, died on Thursday of multiple organ failure, the government said.
Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms.
He was recently [...]

Spain's Garbine Muguruza thrashed unseeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to set up a Wimbledon final against either Britain's Johanna Konta or five-time champion Venus Williams of the US.
Muguruza, 23, won 6-1 6-1 in just 64 minutes on Centre Court to advance to her second Wimbledon final.
The 2016 French Open champion will try to win her second [...]

The country's band music icon Ayub Bachhu has indignantly said recently he would sell off all his guitars. They have been his prized possessions for long. Given the popular singer's dedication to music and his fabulously large following, this disaffection appears quite perplexing. But the band music superstar has cited reasons for this incensed decision. [...]