Dhaka May 1, 2025, 4:47 am
As the services have become popular, many new entrepreneurs are entering the businesses without enough skills. The insiders alleged that the newcomers often use substandard cosmetics and hazardous chemicals.
Japan’s JERA has agreed to acquire stakes in a power project in Bangladesh now under development by Reliance Power.
Filipino stakeholders are keen to develop the economic ties between Bangladesh and the Philippines viewing Bangladesh as a promising market.
Five companies of PRAN-RFL Group on Sunday received national export trophies for outstanding contribution in export segment for FY 2016-17.
The investment will take place under a recent agreement signed with Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC).
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made 5.0 per cent reduced rate of tax at source on the yields of savings certificates in case of investments up to Tk 0.5 million.
The planes will be financed with bank debt, the airline's own capital and through the sale and re-leasing of the carrier's planes, Alsaqer said, declining to disclose how much it will borrow.
The two-day international workshop on 'Islamic Capital Market and Sukuk' ended at a city hotel on Sunday, with a hope for creating more trained and efficient bankers in Islamic banking and finance.
The US has imposed fresh tariffs on $112bn (£92bn) of Chinese imported goods.
A move is well under way to slash existing service charges imposed by micro-finance institutions (MFIs) with intent to give poor borrowers some relief.
CHATTOGRAM: Chittagong Port, the country's premier seaport, has grown in the capacity of container handling and others over the years.
The government will take necessary steps next year to ensure fair prices of rawhide of the sacrificial animals across the country.
Rising fears about the health of the global economy have prompted talk of recession, spreading anxiety about jobs and growth.
The telecom regulator has started the process of scrapping the licences of the country's two biggest telecom operators -- Grameenphone and Robi -- allegedly for not paying dues to the national exchequer.
The government is set to issue a guarantee against a Tk 10-billion central bank refinancing loan to aid farm credit disbursements by Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB).
A significant number of Chinese companies are looking for investing in Bangladesh as well as relocating their manufacturing industries to the country, mainly due to global trade dispute and rising cost there, speakers at a se
Capital machinery importers would soon be exempted from paying Advance Income Tax (AIT) on their imports on a larger scale.
Bangladesh has so far imported around 7.0 million cubic metres of LNG by 50 vessels from RasGas of Qatar and Oman Trading International (OTI) of Oman to meet domestic natural gas demand after re-gasification.
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£469m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.
A probe body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recommended taking punitive action against 53 travel agents of 12 countries for the cancellation of a significant number of air tickets.
