Dhaka May 14, 2025, 11:39 pm
According to PDB’s latest annual report, the oil-run power plants account for 25 percent of the total power demand. PDB sells electricity at discounted rates, which means the government meets the deficit with a subsidy
Both sides agreed on the importance of a regular sectoral policy dialogue to accompany long-term reforms and to reinforce the EU-Bangladesh partnership for development cooperation in particular in the areas of Climate Change,
Petrobangla might terminate the ongoing talks with the firm if it does not respond to the offer of a final deal for the same
The government has taken up a project titled ‘National Single Window’ to be implemented by the National Board of Revenue to facilitate faster trade
Sheikh Hasina asked the BEZA to take into consideration the housing of the workers as well as the issues of both industrial and IT sector waste management and the environment there
Semi-skilled and high-skilled foreigners are drawing more than $6 billion in salaries from Bangladesh every year
In terms of the GDP size, Vietnam is somewhat equal to Bangladesh but the country's export volume is over $200 billion comparing our $40 billion, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said. "Vietnam has so far signed 26 FTAs with dif
The revenue board has slashed taxes at the request of industry insiders to make the prices of these products affordable in the local market
(Electricity) the export will make sense only if production costs, including financial charges, are lower than that of India
China's economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in the latest quarter as a trade war with the U.S. deepened a slump that is weighing on the global economy.
Share of income has concentrated and centralised among the richest groups and the distribution of income is becoming progressively unequal in the country, according to a study. The study, conducted recently by Oxfam in colla
Bangladesh is now implementing its Seventh Five-Year Plan which spans from FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20
Shipping secretary Abdus Samad said that the business cost of the ICDs would be examined in the next meeting and a suitable tariff hike would be suggested. Until then the ICDs would not charge the additional tariff rate
The advance tax is payable at the import stage and the importers are allowed to adjust or get a refund of the paid taxes from the relevant VAT zones
Any company with multiple factories, branches and showrooms will be able to use one central registration system to pay VAT
Canadian yoga pants specialist, Lululemon Athletica Inc, said on Tuesday it was investigating a factory in Bangladesh over the treatment of female workers making its clothes.
Net FDI stood at $3.89 billion in FY'19 from $2.58 billion in FY'18
Earlier, the IMF estimated the country's GDP growth at 7.6 per cent for the ongoing fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, in its latest staff report on Article IV Consultation Mission of Bangladesh. It was 8.0 per cent for FY 19
The MoF has decided to provide Tk 20 billion from the public exchequer to the state-owned Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) and the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) for the purpose of fu
The Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate fallen to 8.06 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2019-20
