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Number of tax payers hasn't increased: NBR chief

The number of tax payers has not increased though the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased in recent time. National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiya made the remarks on Saturday at a  exchange meeting in Chattogram. The...

Women entrepreneurs leading SME business

Women entrepreneurs are leading the country’s small and medium-sized enterprise...

Inflow of FDI slows in July-February

Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) have slowed in the...

Import-GDP ratio to increase this fiscal year

The country is expected to see an increase in its...

Central bank tightens monitoring as demand for greenback grows

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has intensified its monitoring and supervision...

PM for collaboration outside geographical positioning to harness blue economy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said countries need to...

USA export earnings mark 1.62pc growth in July-February

Export earnings from the USA, one of Bangladesh's key destinations,...

BD among countries to gain most from BRI project

Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Pakistan are expected to be the biggest...

BB asks BIAC, ABB to draft guideline on NPL recovery

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has recently moved to formulate a guideline...

30 missions successfully achieve July-Feb export targets

Around 30 Bangladesh missions abroad out of 57 have successfully...

BD eyes settlement in US cyber heist suit ahead of its own case

NEW YORK, Apr 16 (Reuters): An Ecuadorian bank and Wells...

Govt turns banking sector into an orphan: CPD

Private think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has termed the...

BB asks banks to bring down lending rates to single digit

The central bank of Bangladesh has asked the banks to...

NBR may trim tax revenue collection target by Tk 300b

The aggregate tax revenue collection target may be trimmed by...

NBR receives Tk 3.88b arrear income tax '

Field-level income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) offices across...

PM gives nod to $2.67b Chinese loan

All the formalities have been completed to get the highest...

Soaring import payments widen trade gap further

The country's overall trade deficit widened further in the first...

Muhith leaves Dhaka to join IMF-WB meetings

Finance Minister AMA Muhith left Dhaka for USA on Sunday...

Construction sector to witness double digit growth

Construction sector of the country is set to post double...

BD needs new drivers of growth: ADB

Contributions of exports and remittances to the economy, the two...

Rat race on to push through new, unapproved projects

Ministries are racing hard to add their new, unapproved projects...

Govt borrows Tk 150b from domestic sources in July-Jan

The government's overall domestic borrowing stood at Tk 150 billion...

Govt plans Tk 10.0b project to develop small, cottage industries

The government plans to implement a project involving Tk 10.0...

88pc of BD job depends on domestic final demand

Around 88 per cent of the employment in Bangladesh is...

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