Simplification of tax administration and proper infrastructure development are needed to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh, analysts said in a roundtable today.

Ace Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan’s e-commerce platform Monarch Mart will now sell products of leading Bangladeshi retail chain Shwapno.

The stock market index fell today although the proposed budget for 2022-23 fiscal year recommended cutting corporate tax by 2.5 percentage points for listed companies except bank, insurance, telecom, tobacco and non-banks.

Another victim of the fire at BM Container Depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital today (June 12, 2022).

Former Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar has said that a neutral government is needed to hold an international-standard election in Bangladesh.

The government of Bahrain will soon resume issuing visas to Bangladeshis after a gap of nearly four years.

The Supreme Court today (June 12, 2022) cleared the way for the lower court concerned to run the trial proceedings in a corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger brother Shamim Iskander.

Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh hit a three-year high last year, enabling the nation to stay as the second most favoured destination in the subcontinent after India, said World Investment Report 2022.

Achieving the huge proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23 in the post-pandemic period is a huge challenge for the government but it is not impossible, said Md Mamunur Rashid, president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB).

The former Bangladesh Bank governor also stressed the need for cutting unnecessary spending and allocating more for social safety, education and health.

The government has made a timely proposal to impose 12 per cent tax on general industries and 10 per cent on green industries, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) said today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) does not support the chance of whitening black money as it would discourage honest businessmen.

Abdur Rouf Talukder, senior secretary of the finance division, has been appointed as the governor of Bangladesh Bank.

The top IT trade body Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) today said the proposed budget did not reflect the industry’s demands for the development of the sector.

The government in its proposed budget has failed to devise ways to cushion common people from the shock of skyrocketing commodity prices, while the allocation for social safety net schemes was inadequate given the rising demand, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.

A team from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) visited BM Container Depot in Sitakunda of Chattogram today (June 10, 2022), five days after a devastating fire broke out there.

The budget for the next fiscal year will benefit both the poor and the business community alike of Bangladesh, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Sumon Shikder Musa, a key suspect in the double murder of Dhaka Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Prity, and the other arrested accused will be interrogated face-to-face, detectives said.

A Dhaka court today placed key suspect Sumon Shikder alias Musa on six-day remand in a case filed over murders of Dhaka Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu, and college student Samia Afran Jamal Prity in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur on March 24, 2022.