Dhaka January 22, 2026, 9:11 am
A total of 10 projects were approved yesterday with an overall estimated cost of Taka 3,415.86 crore
The per capita income rose by $145 to $1,610 in fiscal year 2016-17 from $1,465 in FY16
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic (BBS) data showed that the inflation rate decreased slightly by 0.04 percentage points in last month compared to 5.72 per cent in February
The GDP growth will accelerate to 7.65 per cent in fiscal 2017-18 from 7.28 per cent in the previous fiscal year, people's per capita income will rise to $1,752 in the current fiscal year (FY) ending Jun 30 from $1,610 a year
The members of the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) proposed to align the rate of corporate tax with those of competing economies such as Vietnam, Pakistan and Sri Lanka while keeping the rate stable
Remittance inflow stood at $1.3 billion in March, an increase of about 20 percent compared to the same period a year earlier
The NWPGCL and CMC signed a memorandum of understanding to set up the plant on March 19, 2014
The revenue authority is set to settle the long-standing Value Added Tax (VAT) worth Tk 35.64 billion dues from Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) through book adjustment after all its efforts to realise the outstanding a
NBR chairman said motor cycle assemblers are now enjoying tax waiver for a five-year period
Lower prices and unsold produce at warehouses, however, caused Tk 125.15 billion losses to the farmers and cold storage owners last year
The total cost of the project is €270 million and consists of the purchase of about 200 rail passenger carriages and about 40 locomotives for regional and intercity services
The Labour Force Survey 2016-17 (LFS 2017) showed that the number of unpaid family workers declined to 7.2 million in 2016-17 from 8.6 million in 2015-16
Emphasizing on the excellent bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Korea
The economic growth target for the fiscal 2018-19 will be set at 7.8 percent, according to a PID handout
The annual disbursement of the industrial term loan stood at Tk 631.81 billion in 2017, as against Tk 676.39 billion in the previous year
Under the proposed ODA package, Japan will provide some Yen 2.65 billion for Matarbari port-development project, Yen 37.22 billion for Dhaka MRT line-6 construction (phase-III) project, Yen 7.36 billion for Dhaka MRT line -5
The Chinese loan will have to be repaid in 20 years with 2.0 per cent fixed interest rate. Besides, 0.25 per cent management fee and 0.25 per cent commitment fee are applicable for the single largest loan from China
A good number of foreign nationals are currently working in Bangladesh bypassing registration
BBA is facing difficulties in its test piling at nearly half of the piers out of total 42 in the might river as it is not getting hard soil on the riverbed and in the depth of the riverbed
To mitigate the ongoing liquidity crunch, the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) may be allowed to deposit 60 per cent of their funds with the public banks and rest 40 per cent with the PCBs
