Dhaka January 8, 2026, 5:55 pm
A policy barrier stands in the way of American life insurer MetLife being listed with the local stock exchanges, officials said.
The Walton officials said, they are showcasing and selling out total 145 models of frost, non- frost and deep fridges in the local market on the occasion of Qurbani Eid, of which 53 models are fresh.
The Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL), the Chattogram-based gas distribution company, will receive gas to meet the local demand.
The assembling of the new cranes will take a few weeks starting from the Eid vacation, said Md Zafar Alam, member for admin and planning at Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
A consortium of 17 local companies and a Chinese steelmaker is set to invest $3.5 billion to establish a Bangladesh-China joint venture integrated steel plant in Moheshkhali.
His net worth was $910 million as of July 25, said Forbes on its website.
The government is set to launch open-market sale (OMS) of key essential items today (Monday) to keep its prices within the buying capacity of the common people during Eid-ul-Azha.
The decision, which was taken last week at a meeting chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, will soon be conveyed to the central bank for implementation.
Unilever and BASF handed over cheques worth Tk 53.43 million for the calendar year 2017 and Tk 1.16 million for the fiscal year of 2017-18 respectively to this effect to state minister for labour Mujibul Haque at his office a
The Feed Industries Association of Bangladesh had earlier urged the government not to include feeds under mandatory packaging by jute sacks as it would expose the products to moisture, which depreciates the quality.
According to the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry, there are now 1.16 crore sacrificial animals in the country for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha against last year's 1.04 crore.
On June 18, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a statutory regulatory order introducing online-compatible VAT returns form, scrapping the older version.
They also called for steps to ease the process of issuance and renewal of licences of chemical business.
As the supply is higher than the demand, the local growers are compelled to sell the juicy fruit at painfully low prices.
Bangladesh depends a lot on India, supply from where meets nearly 60 percent of Bangladesh's annual demand of 7.1 million bales.
The decision came at the 37th meeting of the crisis management core committee headed by state minister for labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu held at his secretariat office in Dhaka city.
The Local Government Division (LGD) and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) are in a dispute over the construction work of shelters for the Rohingya people, stranded in Cox's Bazar, officials said on Saturd
Fresh container congestion has hit the Chittagong port because of the transport crisis caused by the unannounced strike in response to the protest of the students demanding safe roads.
In fiscal 2017-18, letters of credit settlement stood at $51.53 billion, up 16.40 percent year-on-year, on the back of rising demand for food grains and petroleum products.
Keeping this in view, a special programme titled 'TrackFin', aimed at monitoring finance in the sanitation and safe water sector, was launched at the opening session of two-day workshop, held at a city hotel.
