Dhaka March 29, 2026, 8:14 am
Bank depositors, mainly marginal taxpayers, are worried over a new budget proposal to make the submission of tax returns mandatory for most of the TIN-holders.
Optimism is a disease, the polemical British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie once said, and talking with Manmohan Parkash, the country director of the Asian Development Bank, one can't help but catch that disease.
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) could manage only 1.5 per cent progress of the country's first road tunnel construction project under the Karnaphuli River during the corona pandemic-caused lockdown period from March 25
Leaders of the country's shrimp sector have demanded special financial support
The government has taken around Tk 113 billion (11,300 crore) from different state-run power and gas entities over the past several months during the coronavirus pandemic.
Readymade garments (RMG) sector witnessed a 62 percent decrease to $1.23 billion in May, which is 84.20 percent of total export earnings
Zaeem Ahmed has been elected the new Chairman of the Executive Committee (EC) of Prime Bank Limited.
Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has made registration for ‘midland online’, its robust internet banking application, client-driven.
A letter has been sent to the health ministry asking for a medical team to be appointed so the airport can operate as before
The Covid-19 pandemic delivered a big blow to the mobile handset business in Bangladesh, as the local industry incurred an estimated loss of Tk 100 crore due to the shutdown of over two months.
'Nirapon', a platform of North America-based apparel brands and retailers, has closed its activities in the country.
Businesses are renegotiating contracts with multiple stakeholders as they are facing uncertain future due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The government is set to prepare a key commodity calendar to stabilise the kitchen market which often remains volatile hitting hard limited income group of people, officials said.
Bangladesh yesterday rolled out a contact tracing app on a trial basis to warn users if they have been near someone who later tested positive for the coronavirus
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has requested the Bangladesh Container Shipping Association (BCSA) and Bangladesh Shipping Agent Association (BSAA)
Depositors can now be able to pay their due installments of DPS (deposit pension scheme) and other savings schemes for the months of April and May, 2020 by the 20th of this month (June) without any surcharge.
The price of green papaya showed uptrend in the city kitchen markets in last few days, market sources said.
India launches $6.7b plan to boost electronics manufacturing
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled its all domestic flights due to a lack of passengers on the second day after resumption of services following a two-month shutdown over the coronavirus crisis.
Saudi power company ACWA's proposal to generate solar power in the farms of state-owned sugar corporation has triggered opposition from interest groups who fear destruction of fertile agricultural land.
