Dhaka April 28, 2025, 5:46 pm
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has proposed setting a US$ 44.40 billion export target for fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, officials have said.
The real benefit of social business can be reaped, when it overtakes the traditional way of doing business.
The proposed rise in source tax on yields from national savings tools has prompted investors in large numbers to draw profits before June 30 next to avoid higher taxation.
The construction industry is set to receive a big blow once the newly-imposed VAT and other taxes on steel industry comes into effect from the upcoming fiscal year (2019-20, said steel manufacturers.
Current-account balance-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio improved during the second half (H2) of 2018 compared to the same period a year earlier.
Bangladesh received its highest-ever FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) inflow in 2018 with around 68 per cent growth compared to the previous calendar year.
Bangladesh could not achieve its desired economic growth through the existing anti-export bias promoting protectionism, economists said on Saturday.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday disclosed in parliament a list of the country's top 300 loan defaulters, who swallowed Tk 509.42 billion worth of bank money.
The government projects an additional tax revenue of Tk 365.22 billion in the next fiscal year (FY), following the enforcement of the new VAT and Supplementary Duty Act-2012.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) incurred the highest loss of Tk 10,271.58 crore among 49 state-owned enterprises
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that Bangladesh achieved the fastest growth in the Asia-Pacific economies comprised of 45 countries.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed interest to know about the definition of wilful loan defaulters, which will be used for identifying them legally.
The new VAT law, to be effective from next month (July), will cause price hike of commodities at consumer level, the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said.
Achieving the 'biggest' revenue target would be a challenging task with so many tax exemptions proposed in the budget, the revenue board chief said on Tuesday.
Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister Salman Fazlur Rahman today underscored the need for taking action plans to remove the barriers on way to the country’s economic development.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the rising trend in stressed assets in the banking sector.
Indonesia's PT Bayan Resources is set to supply around 4.0 million tonnes of coal annually for generating electricity in the 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired thermal power plant at Payra in Patuakhali for ten years.
Country’s foreign exchange reserve now stands at US$33 billion.
Claiming that the country has the resources to spend even 2-3 times more in development projects in the future, Planning Minister MA Mannan on Saturday underscored the need for taking integrated efforts to reap their benefits
US President Donald Trump said “it doesn’t matter” if Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 summit later this month in the Japanese city of Osaka, predicting a trade deal with Beijing would occur at some point any
