The national budget for the fiscal year 2010-11 may stand at around Tk 1,32,200 crore giving priority to energy, agriculture, education and social welfare, and measures to curb price hike, official sources said. Finance Minister AMA Muhit is now giving a last minute check on budget documents before sending those to the government security printing [...]

Those who have succumbed to the charms of the hilsa will love this! Bangladesh is attempting to farm the fish – the country’s most delectable foreign exchange earner – in ponds, as its very existence is threatened by pollution, climate change and even over-consumption. Researchers at Chandpur Fisheries Research Institute have taken to farming the [...]