In principle, there is nothing wrong with cash financial transactions. The problem arises when they are used to evade tax, launder money, facilitate illegal deals or pay bribes. In such cases, the transactions become questionable.

It has been more than five decades since the UN established the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category, in 1971, identifying these countries as facing the most severe roadblocks to sustainable development.

Currently, import duties on legally imported smartphones stand at about 61 percent

Export earnings have dropped sharply, even as global demand remains robust

Leaders of the sector meet with Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday

Auditors safeguard stakeholder interests by providing reasonable assurance that the financial statements present a true and fair view

Arafatul Islam (Arafat) will serve as general secretary

Its board noted that the company has invested an additional Tk 10.6 crore in JSHL

The adviser highlighted the role of small, cottage, and medium industries in advancing industrialisation

Rates dropped by more than Tk 100 per maund in two weeks as growers blame rising imports even amid peak harvesting

Officials and business representatives said EU companies were pushing for a more balanced trading relationship

Says BIDS research director

Say Sammilito Islami Bank’s chairman

Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) and Channel i yesterday honoured 11 individuals and organisations with Agrow Awards for their outstanding contributions to the country’s agriculture and rural development.

HSBC Bangladesh CEO says next stage depends on domestic demand, infrastructure and positioning

There has long been a fear that new technologies weaken human abilities. Socrates worried that writing would erode memory.

The world economy has been “surprisingly resilient” in the face of adversity this year, the OECD said Tuesday, raising its growth estimates for key economies, notably the US and the eurozone.

China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that should accelerate shipments to certain customers, a source said on Tuesday, fulfilling a key outcome of the summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

A decline in India’s oil imports from Russia may last only for “a brief period” as Moscow plans to boost supplies to New Delhi, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Indian journalists on Tuesday.

The purchase will be made under government-to-government arrangement