The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) are set to provide US$350 million to support a wide-ranging education reform programme in Bangladesh. The "NextGen Education Programme" aims at improving learning outcomes, expanding digital education and strengthening
The Ministry of Shipping plans to invest Tk 1.75 billion to equip the Payra Port with international-standard information technology facilities as the latter is facing persistent criticism over navigability constraints, huge annual spending on maintenance dredging, and a shortfall in traffic demand.
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) is making repetitive attempts to secure a two-year extension of a project despite the findings of widespread financial irregularities throughout its implementation. For the "Farm Mechanisation Through Integrated Management" project, the controve
Agencies are groping in the dark in executing Family Card recipes as a huge sum is being handed out under this government's flagship social-protection programme sans designating real recipients amid data dearth, sources say. This is also the ruling BNP's key electoral pledge that went
The volume of foreign grants received by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Bangladesh hit a seven-year high of US$838.25 million in the last fiscal year (FY) 2025-26. The amount was 5.46-percent higher than that of the previous fiscal, according to the NGO Affairs Bureau data. Pr
A World Bank-backed social- protection project has proposed tripling its budget to nearly Tk 28.14 billion, including higher consultancy costs and Tk 500 million for festival-related activities, drawing objections from the Planning Commission. The Department of Social Services has sought up to a 3
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) is seeking approval for a Tk19.18-billion infrastructure-development project to carve out three sub-zones in the National Special Economic Zone (NSEZ) in Mirsarai ready for industrial operations. The Prime Minister's Office has sent the development projec
The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission is set to roll out the pilot of the SDG model village programme next month to transform three villages into Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) model villages. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is expected to inaugurate the initiative on A
