Dhaka October 18, 2025, 12:47 pm
Use of mobile phone is likely to be costlier with a two-fold hike in the existing Supplementary Duty (SD) on voice and data services in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2019-20.
The current development of special economic zones (SEZs) through public-private partnership in Bangladesh and other Asian countries is likely to help attract more foreign direct investment (FDI).
The government has scaled down its bank borrowing target by more than 26 per cent for the outgoing fiscal year (FY), mainly due to the lower implementation of the annual development programme (ADP).
The government is going to approve today (Tuesday) a Tk 2.02-trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, allocating the highest fund to the transport sector, officials said on Monday.
The government has revised the tax collection target downward to Tk 2.80 trillion for the current fiscal year following lacklustre trend in receipts, people familiar with the development said.
The Bangladesh Bank's (BB) decision to offer concessions to loan defaulters and good borrowers to reduce the substantial amount of non-performing loans (NPL) has received mixed reaction from economists, bankers and businesspe
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka has identified the present situation in the banking sector as one of the biggest risks to the economy and called for the central bank's strict vigilance to bring
The government's bank borrowing is set to pick up significantly in May following revenue target shortfall in recent months, officials and bankers said.
Bangladesh and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) are set to sign an agreement on cooperation in 21 sectors to facilitate bilateral trade and economic development.
All export-oriented sectors will get incentive benefits, similar to ready-made garments (RMG), from the next financial year (FY), 2019-20, to ensure diversification in the country's exports, Prime Minister's (PM) Private Indu
The country saw a fall in overseas employment by more than 17 per cent in the first four months of the current calendar year following a cut in recruitment by Middle Eastern (ME) nations, official statistics showed.
The country's foreign exchange reserves have come under pressure after higher external payments against import of oil and construction materials for mega projects.
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to receive a record high fund allocation in the next development budget as the quality of its service has been on the decline, insiders said Friday.
Claiming that traders are now running their businesses more comfortably than in the past, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday urged them to provide information if anyone extorts money from them.
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das today expressed her country’s keen interest to invest more in Bangladesh’s various sectors including in power, energy and in LNG.
Graduating least developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, need preferential benefit to manage the transition, speakers at a programme said Monday.
Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement on Sunday to implement a $3.3 million grant, approved by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund, for making environment-friendly and energy-e
The Netherlands has laid emphasis on branding Bangladesh properly for the expansion of its relations with the external world on trade and economic fronts noting that there are so many positive things to tell about this amazin
The board of governors and alternate governors from member countries spoke on the last day of the four-day meeting.
The customs intelligence has recently identified a number of commercial entities that have procured electronic BINs (business identification numbers) posing as manufacturers to evade due duty and taxes.
