Dhaka January 21, 2026, 1:38 pm
German businessmen are keen to increase their investment in various sectors of Bangladesh including construction, IT, interior design, energy, garments, shipping, tourism, and environmental technologies
The contract for the maintenance and operations of the VAT online system is scheduled to expire next year.
"Due to such shortcomings, exporters face serious obstacles while sending shipments. Even their products become less and less competitive for taking additional cost and time," it said.
Apple Inc said on Friday that Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger had resigned from the company’s board of directors on Sept 10 as the two companies prepare to compete head-to-head in the streaming television busi
Global drug colossus, Sanofi, is set to wind up its Bangladesh operations after decades of producing key life-saving pharmaceutical products,
The government has requested China to speed up the financing process for the $2.09 billion Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project.
BFSIC has total liabilities of Tk 3.38 billion as salary, wage, overtime, gratuity and provident fund and Tk 69.44 billion bank loan and debt service liabilities (DSL).
The ministry of shipping (MoS) would purchase river cleaner vessels to save rivers from pollution, officials said.
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said from now on, insurance policy premium will not go outside the country, as local insurers will deal with all public sector policies.
Stock markets in Asia rose on the news in early Thursday trade, as the concessions came days ahead of a planned meeting aimed at defusing the escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the aircraft named ‘Rajhangsha’ at the Dhaka airport at 11am on Saturday, Biman said in a statement.
The announcements came at the company’s biggest marketing event, where it unveils its top products for the year ahead, and showcased an aggressive Apple ready to battle on price.
Expressing concern over the move to allow beef import, livestock business leaders have called on the government not to do it for the sake of the greater interest of the local industry.
Under the plan, the state-run Petrobangla will fix specifications of the pre-paid meters and oversee the quality of the products.
The recent fear over the economic fallout from the U.S.-China trade war has resulted in the decline in international oil prices proving a boon for the government agency, industry insiders said.
Currently, the government has kept aside Tk 6.01 billion funds for land acquisition and training purposes in the ongoing Tk 219.85-billion project.
The demand for some imported juicy fruits increased significantly in the absence of their local substitutes, said market observers.
Kudlow told Bloomberg TV that he could not speculate on whether the September or October talks could delay a planned tariff increase on October 1 to 30 per cent from 25 per cent on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Neighbouring India wants to inspect Bangladeshi factories before it imports goods under a regional free trade deal in what local exporters see it as a non-tariff barrier.
He made the comments while talking with reporters after a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs at the Bangladesh secretariat.
