Dhaka April 4, 2025, 11:03 am
The awards were given in 28 categories, including garment, yarn, textile fabrics, home textile, terry towel, frozen foods, raw jute, jute goods, finished leather, leather goods, footwear, agricultural products and agro-proces
A record number of public servants are set to go into retirement during the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19.
The country ranked 116th among 126 countries in the Global Innovation Index (GII)-2018 which is co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Latest statistics with the central bank showed that the total value of secondary trading of T-bills and T-bonds stood at Tk 153.30 billion during FY18, down from Tk 400.51 billion a year earlier.
Representatives of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the Value Added Tax (VAT) intelligence wing have been excluded from the task force.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam recently urged the Bangladeshis living abroad not to pay heed to any rumor saying no VAT or tax is imposed on remittance
Current account deficit reached $ 9.37 billion in July-May period of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, which was $ 2.21 billion in the same period of the FY'17
This software will initially be installed in 17 banks, including four public ones.
The government has made the initiative to bring new potential and diversified items under the facility with an intent to boost its export basket, they added.
Eight projects involving a substantial cost are struggling as those are facing different types of obstacles to execution.
Gross inflow of FDI stood at $ 2.60 billion in July-May period of FY18 which was $ 2.81 billion in the corresponding period of FY17
government received $5.78 billion worth of concessional loan and $340.05 million in grant during the period between July 2017 and June 2018
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered tax exemption facility to three Japanese firms involved in the country's two development projects including metro-rail. Besides, the Japanese nationals employed in the projects
The aggregate amount of borrowing from the banking system rose to Tk 906.42 billion until June 30 from Tk 897.16 billion a year ago
The mangoes were exported from June 6 to July 11 last with joint initiative of Hortex Foundation and Bagha Upazila Agriculture Office through World Food Organization.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board has signed a deal with General Electric to build a 3,600MW LNG-based power plant in Moheshkhali of Cox's Bazar.
The announcement came after meeting all the conditions attached by the Chinese government.
The average annual inflation exceeded the government target of 5.5 per cent in FY 2017-18 mainly due to higher prices of food grains, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) officials.
The country is set to co-host an international event on "Supporting Smooth Transition of the LDCs towards a Sustainable Graduation" during the 'High Level Political Forum' that is now taking place in New York.
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday it was “shocked” and would complain to the World Trade Organization, but did not immediately say how it would retaliate. In a statement, it called the US actions “completely unaccep
