Dhaka July 20, 2025, 4:45 pm
Country's earnings from shipment of merchandise products grew by 8.55 per cent in the first month of the current fiscal year over the corresponding month of last fiscal.
The value added tax (VAT) on ride-sharing businesses will be payable only by the mobile app-based companies from their portion of service charges while the amount received by drivers or car owners will enjoy exemptions.
Export through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria remained halted since Saturday morning as Agartala land port officials are unable to handle the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) installed recently by Indian Customs Authority
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken up a rehabilitation project for 100 metre-gauge train coaches in its second phase, even as 388 coaches or 42 per cent of total coaches running in its eastern zone are over-aged, sources s
Tanners are set to start purchasing salted rawhide from hide and skin merchants from today (Saturday), said industry insiders.
The international oil companies (IOCs) will get higher price for natural gas in the next bidding round, as the government has adopted the model production sharing contract (PSC) 2019 to lure them.
As the prospect of inking a deal on the Teesta River water sharing looks bleak, Bangladesh is now concentrating more on reaching a deal on sharing of water of six other rivers -- the Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla and Du
The government is contemplating a pricing projection of natural gas over the next five to 10 years to help businesses chalk up their future investment.
Irish retailer-Primark has suspended placing new orders with one supplier ready-made garment (RMG) factory in Bangladesh following alleged termination of workers engaged in recent wage protest.
Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Sonamasjid Land Port in Chapainawabganj will remain suspended for nine days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
The government is contemplating to approach the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the imposition of anti-dumping duty (ADD) on Bangladeshi jute goods by India, according to officials.
The government, without fixing any timeframe, called on factory owners to pay monthly wage and festival allowance to workers properly before the Eid-ul-Azha holiday starts in phases.
Farm mechanisation, which has gained momentum over the years, is helping the agriculture sector raise productivity.
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken up a Tk 4.28 billion project to widen an existing road in Laksmipur, officials said on Friday.
The country's imports grew by more than 6.0 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 following higher imports of construction materials as intermediate goods, officials said.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) extended the deadline for updating VAT registration information to August 14 to help VAT payers submit their returns, officials said.
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday called for removing non-tariff barriers (NTBs), improving customs facilities in the both ends of land ports and ensuring better connectivity to increase trade between Bangladesh and Northea
Brazil is on its way to become one of the world's leading oil producers, said Felipe Kury, the director of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Finance to remove discrepancies between Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (API) policy and revenue board's orders.
The country's diesel consumption is on the decline as diesel-fired power plants are using less-than-expected fuel after the start of LNG imports.
