The commerce adviser made the call during a meeting with the visiting Chinese commerce minister

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed will lead the panel

The tax-free income threshold for war-wounded freedom fighters may increase by 5%

Five American trade bodies wrote joint letter to Trump

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) is set to host the China-Bangladesh Conference on Investment and Trade on June 1 as part of efforts to attract foreign investment.

The interim government is going to place the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 on June 2.

Readymade garment factories enlisted under the Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) programme undergo fewer social audits compared to non-BWB units, resulting in significant savings in both time and costs..Babylon Group, which operates four garment factories, both knit and woven, previously faced

The country paid $3.5 billion in debt during the July-April period of FY25

Starlink is steadily consolidating its presence in Bangladesh through a series of partnership agreements with local companies, with deals spanning ground station development, colocation and data centre services, core site hosting, transmission, and international internet gateway (IIG) facilities.

Youth unemployment in Bangladesh will continue to be high -- more than double the national unemployment rate -- with university graduates being the hardest hit, according to the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report released yesterday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Bangladeshi businesses have, thus far, experienced lower-than-average cost increases from tariffs and anticipate milder cost escalations in both the short and long term, according to HSBC’s 2025 Global Trade Pulse Survey..The survey, which gathered insights from over 5,700 international fi

The CPD distinguished fellow also questions transparency in policy formulation

The banking sector alone cannot provide the billions of taka required as investments to reap all the pharmaceutical sector’s potentials, for which a financing mix of equity, foreign direct investment, bonds, sukuk, and others is necessary, suggested analysts..They were addressing an event

The decision came from the BSEC today

With the move, the company expects its free-float share to rise to 10.28%

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

The first shipment will be sent tomorrow, and a second will follow if China is satisfied

Although the National Board of Revenue (NBR) resumed regular operations yesterday after nearly two weeks of protests and work abstentions, ship and container congestion has once again gripped the Chattogram Port, triggering concern among businesses over potential delays in cargo handling and increased logistics costs.

Evidence-based policymaking and timely impact evaluations are essential to ensure development efforts lead to real progress, Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said yesterday..“Evidence is not costly. Relative to the scale of many government programmes, it's actually quite cheap,” s