The number of reports on suspicious transactions and activity received by the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) rose 44 per cent year-on-year in the last fiscal year of 2020-21.

Medicine exports to the developed countries are steadily growing riding on the attainment of regulatory approval from the US, European and some other countries helped by Bangladesh’s capacity to produce high-quality drugs at affordable prices.

Robi posted 3 per cent rise in its earnings in the financial year ended on December 2021, the country’s second largest mobile phone operator said in a disclosure today.

The apparel manufacturers today urged the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to arrange 40 trucks to sell goods especially to the garment workers at lower prices for their relief from the skyrocketing prices of some basic commodities.

Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), has urged the government and other related agencies to keep business leaders in the fold when working to protect consumer rights.

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) and Standard Chartered today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance mutual cooperation to attract more investment for the export processing zones.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said one crore people will get “special cards” to buy daily essentials at lower prices.

The consumers are going to be relieved from paying value-added tax to buy edible oil particularly soybean oil as the government has decided to eliminate 15 per cent of the indirect tax at imports of crude soybean oil to ease the pressure on their wallets, which is already stressed by high prices of various key essential commodities.

In the history of Ponzi schemes, there is no example of equitable justice. There is only one outcome: the house of cards comes crashing down, the mastermind is hauled off to jail, and the victims are the ones hung out to dry.

Ceramic manufacturers have urged the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) not to hike the prices of gases used for producing ceramic products in order to safeguard the local ceramic industry.

The government should immediately sit with businesses to ensure smooth commodity supplies to domestic markets, thereby containing inflationary pressure on common people, said Sabbir Hasan Nasir, executive director of ACI Logistics.

Bangladesh has achieved yet another milestone as the government is set to announce that it has brought 100 per cent of the population under electricity coverage.

The government today launched “Sathi” network aiming to include a woman entrepreneur for providing financial services in every union digital centre as part of the government financial inclusion plans for the women.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has finally waived the value-added tax (VAT) on edible oil at both production and trading stages as per the government decision.

The readymade garment sector cooperation between Korea and Bangladesh has been the symbol and model of successful bilateral ties for the past five decades, said South Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun.

Container storage rent at the Chattogram port from tomorrow could quadrupled for stays of excessive periods as Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) looks to force importers to promptly take deliveries and free up space.

Have you ever bought a national prize bond? If you have, then please match your bond numbers with the draw results again as you could be one of those lucky few who are yet to claim their prize despite winning the lottery.

Fabric makers in Bangladesh have embarked on a massive expansion to capture more share of the fast-growing global denim market keeping pace with the changing fashion and styles.

Stocks continued to rise for a fourth consecutive day riding on the market regulator’s policy intervention to halt the falling trend of share values.

Premier Bank honoured women entrepreneurs for their contribution to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector on the occasion of the International Women’s Day at the Renaissance Dhaka Gulshan Hotel last week.