Dhaka April 21, 2026, 7:30 pm
All export-oriented sectors will get incentive benefits, similar to ready-made garments (RMG), from the next financial year (FY), 2019-20, to ensure diversification in the country's exports, Prime Minister's (PM) Private Indu
The country saw a fall in overseas employment by more than 17 per cent in the first four months of the current calendar year following a cut in recruitment by Middle Eastern (ME) nations, official statistics showed.
The country's foreign exchange reserves have come under pressure after higher external payments against import of oil and construction materials for mega projects.
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to receive a record high fund allocation in the next development budget as the quality of its service has been on the decline, insiders said Friday.
Claiming that traders are now running their businesses more comfortably than in the past, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday urged them to provide information if anyone extorts money from them.
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das today expressed her country’s keen interest to invest more in Bangladesh’s various sectors including in power, energy and in LNG.
Graduating least developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, need preferential benefit to manage the transition, speakers at a programme said Monday.
Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement on Sunday to implement a $3.3 million grant, approved by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund, for making environment-friendly and energy-e
The Netherlands has laid emphasis on branding Bangladesh properly for the expansion of its relations with the external world on trade and economic fronts noting that there are so many positive things to tell about this amazin
The board of governors and alternate governors from member countries spoke on the last day of the four-day meeting.
The customs intelligence has recently identified a number of commercial entities that have procured electronic BINs (business identification numbers) posing as manufacturers to evade due duty and taxes.
To expand private-sector operations, we also target a substantial increase in commercial co-financing," Mr Nakao told the opening session of the 52nd ADB Annual Meeting in Nadi, Fiji.
Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has said nuclear energy can play an instrumental role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Tuesday has questioned the authenticity of the data used in calculating a high growth estimate as it does not match with the growth of key macroeconomic indicators.
Bangladesh and Brunei have issued a joint statement agreeing to explore the possibility of comprehensive collaboration in energy sector as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrapped up her three-day visit to the Southeast Asian kin
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the economy of Bangladesh is moving on a solid macro-economic stability, vibrant private sector, and increasing trends in trade and investments.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB), in its latest quarterly publication, said this deficit is weakening the local currency against major currencies. The current account deficit has worsened due to the higher trade gap between the count
This was pointed out by “The State of World Population Report 2019” launched by the UNFPA Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The growth of the second largest economy of the world is above expectations and steady from the previous quarter, helped by sharply higher factory production.
The papers that the tax payers produced were related to their VAT payments.
