Goods exports in the quarter grew 17% from a year earlier to $93.06 billion, while imports were up 13.9% to $84.98 billion
To this end, the cabinet approved a draft of the National Policy on Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management-2019 in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission will oversee the entity to be named Radioactive Waste Management Company or RWMC that will manage all radioactive wastes such as medical, scientific and energy sectors.
According to the policy, the radioactive substance is used for nuclear power plants, medical industries, mineral resources collection, agriculture, fisheries and livestock research and many more activities.