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Cross-border trade under SASEC: ADB to support BD’s reform

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to help Bangladesh ease transborder and regional trade through facilitating infrastructural development and regulatory reforms, officials have said. Under the South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), the Manila-based lender has assured Dhaka of...

BIA holds 32nd AGM

 The 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Insurance...

FDI rises over 5pc from July to October

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh increased 5.36 per cent...

Govt to support businesses for job creation: Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said the government...

BB sets single-digit lending rate for industrial manufacturers

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) board of directors has approved a...

BB set to issue circular on single-digit loan rate

The central bank is set to issue a circular on...

NBR cuts AIT to 3.0pc on cement materials import

The government has reduced the rate of advance income tax...

Technip revises down construction cost estimate of oil refinery

French firm Technip, which is keen to clinch the contract...

E-commerce trade still poor in BD: WB report

The rate of online sales through different e-commerce platforms accounts...

July-Nov farm credit flow up by over 11pc

Farm credit disbursement grew by more than 11 per cent...

Financial sector's input to GDP drops for second year

Irregularities and problems of various nature in the country's banking...

Nine PPP-G2G projects: Scope aplenty for $10b investment

Scope abounds for a whacking $10-billion investment in nine projects...

Taka strengthens against dollar

The local currency appreciated by two paisa against US dollar...

ESCAP sees BD's positive trade growth in 2019

Despite sluggish merchandise exports from Bangladesh in the outgoing year...

'Single digit lending rate for manufacturing sector from January 1'

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expected that the bank...

RMG export drops 6.61pc in July-Nov

The country's ready-made garment (RMG) export to major non-traditional markets...

'Poverty rate drops to 20.5pc in FY19'

The poverty rate in Bangladesh came down to 20.5 per...

ECNEC approves nine projects involving Tk 32.27b

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on...

Transfer Pricing Cell to put 921 foreign cos under scanner

The Transfer Pricing Cell (TPC) would put some 921 foreign...

Online VAT project fated to miss its Dec ’20 deadline

A Vietnamese firm that has been assigned to automate the...

Hard-term loan kitty set to be bigger

The volume of the country's hard-term loan is likely to...

Industrial sector to get single-digit lending rate, loan defaulters barred

The Bangladesh Bank (BB)-formed committee submitted its report to the...

Service charge not major issue in India transit: Mustafa Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said service charge...

Dhaka, Prague sign double taxation avoidance agreement

Bangladesh and Czech Republic entered into a double taxation avoidance...

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