Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has included 10 new products in the list which now need mandatory certification from the national standards body.

Stocks in Bangladesh rose for the second consecutive session today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into a €10.8 million ($11.2 million) loan agreement with Envoy Textiles to fund a second yarn spinning unit at Envoy’s manufacturing plant in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka.

Aman paddy harvesting season has begun, but the general mass is struggling to buy rice as the price of the staple food is still high in the local market.

The central bank has asked banks to take a minimum cash advance from importers while opening letters of credit (LCs) for a number of essential commodities in order to keep their prices at a tolerable level during Ramadan and ensure smooth supply.

All indexes of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended in positive territory today on the back of an increase in trading activity by investors.

The National Board of Revenue today awarded nine firms for paying the highest amounts of value-added tax in 2020-21 fiscal year.

The measures the government has taken will allow Bangladesh to remain on right track towards building a sustainable and steady economy amid deteriorating global conditions, said Naser Ezaz Bijoy, president of the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci).

Germany has made commitments of extending another 191 million Euro in grant to Bangladesh at the latest round of Bangladesh-German Development Cooperation Negotiations 2022.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought partnership with the UK for technology transfer and supply chain development to ensure smooth graduation of Bangladesh from the least developed country (LDC) category.

Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slipped below Tk 300 crore for the second time in three days today as investors’ confidence level received a blow because of the rising political tension in the country.

Yeakin Polymer Limited suffered a loss of Tk 5.23 crore in the financial year that ended on June 30. 

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to give $250 million in loan as budget support to implement the Strengthening Social Resilience Programme (sub-programme 2).

The next ten years are crucial for Bangladesh to prepare, adapt and transform societies, economies and all ecosystems as the world is now facing triple and interconnected crises: the climate emergency, rapid damage to biodiversity and extreme poverty, FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin said.

Bangladesh Bank today rolled out a Tk 5,000 crore refinance scheme to help borrowers procure environment-friendly capital machinery.

Leather and leather goods export from Bangladesh will rise by 10 times to $10 billion by 2030 from the existing $1 billion, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the scope for traders to import rice at reduced tariff by three months to March 31 next year to facilitate increased supply of the staple food and contain its prices in the local market.

Bangladesh is the globe’s one of the lowest carbon emitters, but still the country is committed to cut carbon emissions by 89.47 million tonnes or 21.85 per cent of carbon dioxide by 2030, FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin said today.

Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange slipped below Tk 300 crore today reflecting investors’ persisting worry about the direction of the economy.

Bangladesh Bank has come up with a new arrangement named “Islamic Bank Liquidity Facility”, under which the country’s shariah-based banks can now take short-term loan, a first of its kind in the banking sector.