CropsBangladesh Bank has signed agreements with seven banks to begin lending from a Tk 41,000 crore financing package built from banks' surplus liquidity to boost production, investment and jobs.
CropsBangladesh Bank has set up a Tk 10,000 crore refinancing scheme to lend to farmers and rural income-generating activities at 8 per cent interest, with collateral-free loans of up to Tk 5 lakh for small, marginal and tenant farmers.
CropsPran-RFL Group will invest Tk 750 crore in two closed state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Sirajganj that it has leased for 30 years.
EnvironmentThe governing board of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority has decided to plant a total of 1.25 lakh trees in the country's export processing zones.
