Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said that the Government has decided to establish a bank owned and managed by the expatriate Bangladeshis living in different countries. "Advertisements will be published in the media very soon seeking proposals from the concerned people to establish the bank," the Minister said when a group of MPs from UK's Labour Party met him in Hotel Sonargaon.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged foreign investors, including Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRB), to consider Bangladesh as their next Asian investment destination assuring them of providing all necessary support by her government.
The parliamentary standing committee on civil aviation and tourism ministry today proposed to release 40-49 percent shares of Biman Bangladesh to non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs).
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এটা সবাই অবগত যে, প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশীদের পাঠানো অর্থ বা রেমিট্যান্স বর্তমানে বাংলাদেশের বৈদেশিক মুদ্রার সবচেয়ে বড় উৎস। গত অর্থ বছরে (২০০৭-২০০৮ ইং) বিশ্বের বিভিন্ন দেশ থেকে প্রবাসীদের পাঠানো মোট অর্থের পরিমান জিডিপির ৮.৮%, বিদেশি বিনিয়োগের ৫ গুন এবং ঐ বছর প্রাপ্ত মোট বৈদেশিক সাহায্য ও ঋণের ৭ গুনেরও বেশী।
Remittance flow to Bangladesh would double in 10 years and at a similar rate would grow the demand for quality money transfer services, a senior official of global money transfer giant MoneyGram International said Thursday.
The government will offload 10 to 20 per cent share of Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd. (BTCL) in the stock market.
Recently singer Fahmida Nabi visited the United States.
Hot Non Recidence Bbngladeshi(NRB)
The rate of incidents relating to sending back home their families including parents of Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States have increased in an alarming rate over the past three months or so owing mainly to economic meltdown.
Financial Express: Bangladeshis working abroad sent home a record US$ 881.31 million in March last, marking a growth of 12.34 per cent over that of the previous month, officials said Sunday.
