SYDNEY, Oct 06 (Xinhua): A new report has found that stillbirth deaths will cost the Aussie economy 681.4 million Australian dollars (518.96 million US dollars) over the next five years.

Bangladesh`s economy would grow at the rate of 6.9 per cent in 2016, which would remain unchanged until 2017, according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) 2016 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports BSS.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to lay foundations of two mega projects in Chittagong next week.

The cabinet committee on public purchase approved Wednesday a project of over Tk 221 million to provide young people with skills development training and job placements.

Bangladesh has been elected chairman of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Working Group for next one year.

Stocks finished modestly higher for the three consecutive sessions on Wednesday as investors booked marginal profit in the later part of the trading session.

Local companies, including commercial banks and the government are at loggerheads over the former`s contribution of a portion of their profits to the workers` welfare fund.

Thailand expressed eagerness of its people to import Hilsa fish from Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the House that the work on infrastructural development on the Paira Port would be completed by 2023, reports BSS.

The Exim Bank of China is set to provide Bangladesh with US$ 1.16 billion in loan for implementing three major projects.

Bangladesh have dropped Taijul Islam and brought in pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain in their 14-man squad for the first two One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England, which will be held in Mirpur on October 7 and 9, reports Cricinfo.

Stocks finished almost flat on Monday with persistent volatility as investors were active both sides of trading fence throughout the trading session. Market insiders said some investors continued their profit taking mood while some took position on sector-specific stocks, closing the market in flat green zone.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has established the Green Transformation Fund (GTF) to accelerate sustainable growth in export oriented textile and leather sectors favourable to transformation of green economy in the country.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 100 million citizens, replacing their existing laminated ones across the country.

The board of directors of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2016, said an official disclosure on Sunday.

World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on October 17, the International Day on Poverty Alleviation.

Bangladesh has earned Tk 15.07 in the previous fiscal. Out of it the country earned Tk 11.38 billion as revenue sharing, Tk 405 million as license fee and Tk 3.28 billion as spectrum charge from different mobile companies previous the financial year 2015-16, said State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

State Minister for ICT Affairs Zunaid Ahmed Palak Saturday said development of ICT in Bangladesh will play a crucial role to boost up the national development.

The prices of all varieties of rice, the staple of Bangladeshis, are increasing at a rate that even the sellers call `unusual`, without any good reason in the markets of Dhaka.

The Election Commission (EC) will start distributing machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 100 million citizens tomorrow.