Dhaka April 29, 2025, 5:45 pm
The country received $1.16 billion in remittances in January of FY2017-18
Jute-made products are turning heads at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). Pavilions showcasing them are attracting people, from the young to the old, with their colourful designs and diversity.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will unveil the MonetaryPolicy Statement (MPS) for the second half (H2) of fiscal 2018-19 at itsheadquarters in the capital on Wednesday.
Ministers from 75 countries launched talks towards drawing up global e-commerce rules amid growing calls for technology to be more closely regulated internationally.
Asian markets fluctuated Wednesday following a negative lead from Wall Street as investors grow nervous about the chances of success in China-US trade talks ahead of a crunch meeting next week.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered to readjust five of the seven grades in wage structure for readymade garment workers.
Stocks witnessed upward trend on Wednesday (Jan 9) as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising trend with higher activities of some large-cap securities.
US drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it was shutting down two manufacturing plants in India that make generic injectables like penicillin as a response to falling demand.
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia plans to lower its shipments further in February as it follows through on a global deal to cut output to prevent a build-up in supplies.
The exports from Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) have increased by 16 times in the past 10 years. Investments also witnessed a rise by 11 times as and about 4,500 people got jobs as well.
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) regarding cooperation in industrial and power sectors
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday invited Saudi entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh for mutual benefits as both the countries lag behind in exploiting their full potentials of trade and investment opportunities
Bangladesh or Russia cannot go for opening Letter of Credit (LC), as the central banks of the states do not have any such bilateral provision. It is hampering trade between the two countries despite having huge potentials
The BIMSTEC FTA aims to enhance trade and investments among the member states for which a framework agreement was signed in February 2004
Against global decline of FDI, the net FDI inflow in Bangladesh jumped by around 44 per cent in the first half of 2018
The assurances came following proposals of Bangladesh as the joint group of customs (JGC) between the countries sat in its 12th meeting in Delhi recently
The gap in trade with the rest of the world rose to $ 2.11 billion in the July-August period of FY 19, from $ 1.77 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Indian customs authorities have already cleared the deck for Bangladesh to use Haldia as a transhipment port. However, Bangladesh is yet to approve the same. The proposal was reiterated at a ministerial meeting in Dhaka earli
National Development Engineers (NDE) Ltd, a local construction firm, and Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG), a Chinese company, are implementing the project at a cost of Tk 4.50 billion
The tariff of the power plant is also the lowest compared to any other solar- based power plant. Per unit tariff of the power plant is Tk 8.80 (0.11 US cents) with 18.50 percent plant factor. The Consortium of China Energy En
