Dhaka July 24, 2025, 9:43 am
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
The overall shortfall came down to Tk 66.55 billion as on December 31 of the last calendar year from Tk 81.29 billion three months ago
The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has found poor implementation of the Disbursement Linked Results (DLR) on major components of the VAT Online Project (VOP) that may affect getting its remaining fund from the World Bank (
Bangladesh mission in China has expressed the fear that export-import trade between Dhaka and Beijing may face a major setback due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Allocation slipped the most for the metro-rail (MRT-6) project
interest on the fixed deposit for one year has been fixed at 5 percent. For two years, it is 5.50 percent and for three years the interest has been fixed at 6 percent
Connectivity is very important with all neighbours. We’re expanding the connectivity and even reopening the routes that were closed down after the 1965 India-Pakistan war
The government formed the task force in October last year to help the sector recover from the stagnant export situation in the sector
The VAT intelligence team has asked banks to provide details of private companies having yearly transaction or balance of Tk 1.0 billion or more.
