Economy

Conservative Gulf gets first local beer

Shawdesh desk: Inside his Abu Dhabi gastro pub, Chad McGehee inspects shiny steel tanks fermenting a special brew: the first beer made in the conservative Arab Gulf, where alcohol has

Price of broiler keeps rising

Shawdesh Desk: The price of broiler chickens witnessed a further rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka by up to Tk 20 over the past two weeks, which

Employment measures in FY25 budget receive top response

Shawdesh desk: Measures for decent employment in the upcoming budget received the highest response among 14 areas in an online survey made by the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Bangladesh. About

Donors, ADB agree to replenishment of $5bn for vulnerable in Asia and Pacific

Shawdesh Desk: Donors and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to a replenishment of $5 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) 14 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF)

Fiscal space falling due to interest payment: PRI

Shawdesh desk: The fiscal space of the country is declining due to rising interest payments, said Ahsan H Mansur, executive director of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, on Tuesday. In

ADB provides $121.55m for Bangladesh’s solar power generation

Shawdesh desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $121.55 million financing package with Dynamic Sun Energy Private Limited to build and operate a 100-megawatt (MW) grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in Pabna,

China keen to import mangoes from Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: China expressed its keenness to import mango from Bangladesh this year, said Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen. The Chinese ambassador came up with the information while talking

Price fall in large-cap securities drives stocks down

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh’s bourses—the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange – on Thursday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities. DSEX, the prime index of the