Dhaka March 20, 2026, 7:39 pm
Around 64 local and foreign entrepreneurs have already proposed $15 billion investment
World’s first ever floating nuclear power plant (NPP) Akademik Lomonosov, currently in trial operation in Pevek town of Russia’s Chukotka Region, has supplied more than 21 million kWh of electricity to the isolated autonomous
Five-fold jump in consumption over past three years
As many as 5,000 traders across the country will get an opportunity to import second-hand clothes in the current fiscal year (FY), officials said.
Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Ltd (UGSFL) has become an albatross around the neck of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) owning to its gross mismatch between earnings and expenditures, officials said.
The customs authoritiy will incorporate a provision imposing penalty if the bills of entry are not submitted within the 72 hours of import
Implementation of the plan will bring down extreme poverty to below 3 percent by 2031 and moderate poverty to below 3 percent by 2041 as well
MRA formulates draft guidelines
The impact of novel coronavirus on Bangladesh-China bilateral trade is already visible and may seriously affect it in the long run, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has said.
The country's private jute millers have urged the authorities concerned to take necessary measures, including the imposition of a duty on uncut low-grade raw jute, to ensure reasonable prices of raw jute in the local market.
After a decade of continuous growth, the poultry sector that meets 36 percent of the human protein intake in the country is facing multifarious challenges.
Bangladesh is still at risk of losing the European Union's GSP as the latter has again warned about its readiness to launch the procedure for withdrawal of preferences in case of failure to produce sufficient results.
The BPC, which was incurring loss before the spread of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is now reaping profit riding on the slump in global oil prices
Country’s largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh Limited (daraz.com.bd) has come up with a new initiative to provide its e-commerce services to the people living in remote areas of the country.
Thai Airways has canceled some flights to Dhaka and other seven destinations until March as coronavirus outbreak has hit hard the global aviation industry.
Country's first-ever private sector Bitumen Plant was launched on Saturday morning, aiming to cater to the growing demand for bitumen in the country.
The Mitsui Oil Exploration Company Ltd or MOECO has proposed drilling four wells in total--two exploratory wells and two development wells-- in 8 and 11 onshore blocks
The taka is expected to weaken to average Tk86 per US dollar by the end of the current year and Tk88 per US dollar by next year, up from an average of Tk84.92 per US dollar in 2019
Govt approves Mongla port modernisation with Indian LoC
“If interest rates on all forms of deposits are lowered this way, where will savers go? Inflation is nearly 6 percent. Real interest is nothing. In this situation, capital flight may increase," economist AB Mirza Azizul Islam
