Funding

A view of the financial district of Pudong is reflected on a bus passing by, in Shanghai, China September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
China

China will sharply increase funding from treasury bonds to spur growth in 2025

China will also increase funding from special treasury bonds and expand the scope for the major initiatives, said Zhao Chenxin, vice head of the state planner

Image: Duniya Jahan/ TBS Creative
Economy

No new mega projects, govt to prioritise foreign-funded ones

USAID signed a development agreement worth over $200 million with the interim government to support Bangladesh on Sunday (15 September). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

US funding to help Bangladesh advance inclusivity, equity and democracy: Embassy

File photo: Mumit M/TBS
Bangladesh

Review underway to identify priority, unnecessary foreign-funded projects

Only 17 startups apply for govt’s sandbox scheme to avail tax benefits
Economy

Only 17 startups apply for govt’s sandbox scheme to avail tax benefits

Student protesters stage a pro-Palestinian rally at Sciences Po university in Paris. Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP
Europe

Top French university loses funding over pro-Palestinian protests

Participants during the ‘Budgetary Allocation to Combat NCDs: Bangladesh Perspective’ webinar on Saturday. Photo: Courtesy
Health

Boost funding to combat NCD deaths: Experts

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, November 18, 2023. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

EU to bolster Egypt ties with billions of euros in funding

IDF's recent allegation, accusing UNRWA staff of involvement in the October 7 terrorist attacks, led UNRWA donors, including the United States, to announce a freeze in funding. Photo: Collected
Panorama

Defunding Gaza's lifeline: How the West is taking part in collective punishment

A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, Egypt, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
World+Biz

France says halting funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency

A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, Egypt, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UK, Italy join US, Canada in pausing funding to UN refugee agency in Gaza

Beza aimed big, now loan repayment becomes a headache for it
Bangladesh

Beza aimed big, now loan repayment becomes a headache for it

FILE PHOTO: Halime Adam Moussa, a Sudanese refugee who is seeking refuge in Chad for a second time, waits with other refugees to receive a food portion from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Global Economy

UN refugee agency chief 'extremely worried' about funding