Dhaka April 27, 2025, 5:28 am
The government moves to make mechanisms to bring back huge money siphoned off the country through various conduits, including false trade declarations
The inflow of remittance dropped in the month of February mainly due to fewer working days
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has made a cynical economic prediction, saying the world is heading toward another financial depression like the one in 2008
Gross earnings of all 32 life insurance companies entered into positive domain in 2017 from a negative surface in 2016 signifying that insurance penetration had expanded to some extent in the year under review
Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Russia SM Saiful Hoque, India’s Ambassador to Russia Pankaj Saran and Deputy Director General for international relations of Rosatom Nikolay Spassky signed the MoU
People living in the country’s south-western part are going to get a relief from load-shedding and other power-related interruptions as four major projects involving over Tk 40 billion are being implemented in the region
Bangladesh is rich with sea resources which can help the country earn billions of dollars. Blue biotech is very profitable new sector. If this sector expands in Bangladesh, then it will yield big profits just like from the re
British High Commissioner Alison Blake said the United Kingdom (UK) is focusing more on Bangladesh and its economy as it moves on to become a middle-income country soon and aspires to be a developed one by 2041
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the government is optimistic about striking a free trade agreement with the United States of America
The Supreme Court has stayed for three days a High Court order, clearing the way for the government revenue authority to freeze all the bank accounts of Robi Axiata on charges of VAT evasion
Bangladesh government is monitoring foreign earnings in its efforts to trace the source of militancy funding
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today committed to further strengthen ADB’s 45-year partnership with the country, said a statement. In his discussions, Mr. Nakao acknowledged Bangladesh’s impressive eco
Speakers in a roundtable Tuesday stressed the need for all-out efforts from stakeholders to develop the country’s neglected insurance sector. They sought professional support from the stakeholders to brighten the image of the
The government gave permission on the export of uncut low-grade jute, shipment procedures of which were completed before imposing ban
The apex chamber rejected government-proposed amendments to the existing VAT rules to resolve a standoff as it terms the draft a copycat of the ditched VAT and SD Act 2012
State-run Petrobangla would propose to raise natural gas tariff next week, aimed at passing a portion of the imported LNG cost on to the consumers
The ministry of finance (MoF) foresees the necessity of depreciating taka further if Bangladesh's external financial imbalance intensifies in the second half of this fiscal year, officials said. Taka depreciated by 5.0 per ce
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has granted around $25 million to support a project designed to build the adaptive capacities of women and adolescent girls living in the southwestern districts of Bangladesh
The operation of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is likely to expand further in the coming days in Bangladesh as five more projects are in the pipeline of this multilateral lending agency with an ove
The country's overall imports jumped by more than 28 per cent or US$1.09 billion in January mainly due to higher import of food grains, capital machinery and fuel oils
