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BB frames import rules for free trade zones
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After banks, BB offers one-time exit to NBFI borrowers
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Padma Bank Chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat resigns

Bangladesh Bank today accepted his resignation letter.
31 January 2024, 11:53 AM

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company’s profit declines 18% in Q2

BSCCL posted an 18 percent year-on-year decline in profit to Tk 47.99 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year,
31 January 2024, 10:34 AM

Pacific Denims profit falls 66%

Pacific Denims logged a 66 percent year-on-year decline in profit in the October-December period
31 January 2024, 09:54 AM

United Power’s profit keeps falling 

United Power Generation & Distribution Company Ltd continued to suffer from declining profits
31 January 2024, 07:55 AM

Apex Footwear’s profit falls 34% on reduced sales, higher cost

Apex Footwear’s net profit fell about 34 percent to Tk 2.4 crore in the October-December quarter
31 January 2024, 06:45 AM

Development spending slows to 13-year low

Spending under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has been going slow in the current fiscal year (FY), with implementing agencies having used just 22.48 percent of their allocations till December last year, official figures showed.
31 January 2024, 01:30 AM

Bangladesh lowers cash incentive for exporters to prepare for post-LDC era

The government has cut the export subsidy for almost all sectors to reduce the pressures on Bangladesh's coffers and bring down the rates gradually
31 January 2024, 01:00 AM

BSRM logs falling sales as demand declines

BSRM Ltd, the biggest steelmaker in Bangladesh, said its sales dropped in the first half of the current financial year, suffered by reduced demand amid the economic slowdown.
30 January 2024, 20:00 PM

Apparel buyers yet to raise prices despite promise after wage hike

Some 79.1 percent of the apparel factory owners said international buyers are yet to increase prices of Bangladeshi goods, which they earlier promised to do after the new garment wage comes into effect in December last year, a survey found.
30 January 2024, 18:35 PM

Bonded warehouse licence tenure extended to 3 years

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the tenure of licences for bonded warehouses to three years from two years to cut the time and cost for exporters.
30 January 2024, 16:40 PM

Beximco suffers massive 64% sales drop in H1

Its profit decreased by 99.6% year-on-year to Tk 2 crore
30 January 2024, 15:36 PM

Cash incentive lowered for exporters to prepare for post-LDC era

The government has cut the export subsidy for almost all sectors to reduce the pressures on Bangladesh’s coffers and bring down rates gradually since the country can’t provide such subsidies once it becomes a developing nation. 
30 January 2024, 15:13 PM

Global buyers yet to raise rates as promised after RMG wage hike

A survey conducted by BGMEA election’s opposition group Forum panel finds
30 January 2024, 14:51 PM

Olympic Industries to buy 54 plots in Purbachal

The Tk 8.91 crore worth of plots are located inside Purbachal Probashi Palli project
30 January 2024, 13:18 PM

Bangladesh's power purchase supercharges Adani revenue

Bangladesh’s power purchase from Adani Power contributed to the massive profit the Indian conglomerate made in the first nine months of the 2023-24 fiscal year.
30 January 2024, 01:28 AM

Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar gets only 4% of proposed investment

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN), the biggest economic zone in Bangladesh, is set to be a gamechanger for the country’s trade as its strategic location offers easy access to domestic and international markets.
30 January 2024, 01:18 AM

Machinery imports rise, reversing the downturn

Imports of capital machinery edged up in the first six months of the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24, reversing the downturn that persisted for nearly one and half year as political uncertainty ebbs and exporters expect increased orders from western buyers.
30 January 2024, 01:18 AM

BB’s funds to banks complicate efforts to curb inflation

The Bangladesh Bank is injecting fresh funds into the economy despite adopting a contractionary monetary policy, a contradictory move that may make it harder to tame stubborn inflation.
30 January 2024, 00:28 AM

Textile millers demand gas at previous rates

Textile millers yesterday demanded that the government re-fix gas prices at the previous rate as they have been unable to run their industrial units due to low pressure of gas despite the rates being doubled since February 2022.
30 January 2024, 00:18 AM

Labour market in a low gear

Bangladesh has delivered decent economic growth relative to the rest of the globe braving the coronavirus pandemic, supply chain disruptions, successive wars and macroeconomic stress. However, labour market recovery since the pandemic has been anemic. There are lingering concerns about growth lacking the shine of good jobs.
30 January 2024, 00:18 AM