The International Organization for Migration (IoM) will use a €5 million grant from the European Union to implement a project on improving migration management and reintegration services in Bangladesh.

Two sponsor directors of Crown Cement have announced plans to gift a total of 1.04 crore shares, worth Tk 50.98 crore based on yesterday’s closing price on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), to their family members.

After seeing very little progress over the past one and a half years, the Bay Terminal project at the Chattogram port is expected to gain momentum as a development project proposal (DPP) for three crucial components is expected to be placed soon.

A high-powered delegation from Bangladesh is scheduled to visit the US next week to discuss the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said yesterday.

The rate of claim settlements in Bangladesh’s insurance sector declined last year, deepening concerns over transparency and further eroding the confidence of policyholders in an industry already trailing behind global standards.

Banks’ spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities fell to an eight-year low in 2024 as the pressure to provide finance from higher-ups declined following the political changeover in August.

The new target has raised eyebrows, given the underwhelming performance in revenue collection so far

The DSEX lost 26.32  points to close at 5,105.68

Turnover stood at Tk 110.14 crore during the early trading hours.  

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has restricted yarn imports through land ports to protect the local textile and spinning sector from Indian imports of the raw material — a move hailed by textile millers but opposed by garment and knitwear exporters.

The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (EuroCham) have expressed concern over a recent decision by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to introduce a revised gas tariff structure that differentiates between new, committed, and existing customers within the same industrial category.

The government raised the retail prices of soybean and palm oil yesterday amid concerns that this would raise the cost of living.

Indonesia is considering boosting its US imports as it tries to narrow its trade surplus with the country as part of upcoming negotiations with Washington, chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said.

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The DSEX lost 37.66 points to close at 5,132.01

Currently, the corporate tax is 12 percent for export-oriented garment factories and 10 percent for green factories