Dhaka April 30, 2025, 10:45 pm
The government has requested China to speed up the financing process for the $2.09 billion Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project.
BFSIC has total liabilities of Tk 3.38 billion as salary, wage, overtime, gratuity and provident fund and Tk 69.44 billion bank loan and debt service liabilities (DSL).
The ministry of shipping (MoS) would purchase river cleaner vessels to save rivers from pollution, officials said.
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said from now on, insurance policy premium will not go outside the country, as local insurers will deal with all public sector policies.
Stock markets in Asia rose on the news in early Thursday trade, as the concessions came days ahead of a planned meeting aimed at defusing the escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the aircraft named ‘Rajhangsha’ at the Dhaka airport at 11am on Saturday, Biman said in a statement.
The announcements came at the company’s biggest marketing event, where it unveils its top products for the year ahead, and showcased an aggressive Apple ready to battle on price.
Expressing concern over the move to allow beef import, livestock business leaders have called on the government not to do it for the sake of the greater interest of the local industry.
Under the plan, the state-run Petrobangla will fix specifications of the pre-paid meters and oversee the quality of the products.
The recent fear over the economic fallout from the U.S.-China trade war has resulted in the decline in international oil prices proving a boon for the government agency, industry insiders said.
Currently, the government has kept aside Tk 6.01 billion funds for land acquisition and training purposes in the ongoing Tk 219.85-billion project.
The demand for some imported juicy fruits increased significantly in the absence of their local substitutes, said market observers.
Kudlow told Bloomberg TV that he could not speculate on whether the September or October talks could delay a planned tariff increase on October 1 to 30 per cent from 25 per cent on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Neighbouring India wants to inspect Bangladeshi factories before it imports goods under a regional free trade deal in what local exporters see it as a non-tariff barrier.
He made the comments while talking with reporters after a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs at the Bangladesh secretariat.
Sheikh Hasina also urged the businesspersons of Bangladesh to stay alert against the propaganda now being carried out against the government as this is ultimately affecting the businesses.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the business community to act against anti-government propaganda as it ultimately affects them.
Whims rather than reasons and rules are at play as far as imposing tax is concerned, they have alleged.
Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) in its circular issued sometime in July stated that cash transaction for the non-life firms would be limited to Tk 10,000 in order to ensure transparency in their transact
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn a 5.0-per cent advance income tax (AIT) on the import of edible oils, both crude and refined.
