Pulse import cost rising amid scanty local production

The import cost of pulses in Bangladesh is on the rise due to increased consumption, inadequate domestic production and higher prices in the international markets. 
9 March 2023, 02:15 AM

Consumer electronics sales plunge amid high inflation

The consumer electronics sector in Bangladesh is witnessing a slide in demand as sales have declined by 40 per cent from a year ago amid belt-tightening by customers
9 March 2023, 02:00 AM

Mercantile Bank, ITFC sign deal

Mercantile Bank and International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) recently signed a master murabaha agreement facilitating cross-border trade of small and medium enterprise (SME). 
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

First-ever career fair on travel, hospitality

The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel trade publication of the country, will organise its first-ever job and career fair in Dhaka.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Economic Association for all-out efforts to cut inequality

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) has urged the budget planners to employ all possible ways to reduce the inequality related to wealth, income, health, and education.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Fire damages goods at TCB warehouse

About 20 tonnes of soybean oil and 10 tonnes of chickpeas were damaged when a fire broke out at a warehouse of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Tuesday.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Apparel exporters demand cut in source tax

Apparel exporters have sought a host of tax benefits, including bringing down the tax deducted at source and withdrawing income tax levied on cash incentives in the upcoming fiscal year, in a bid to help the garment industry deal with the current economic stress.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

On a journey towards a cashless Bangladesh

The disappearance of cash – and the world’s eventual adoption of digital payments – is a concept that has been around ever since electronic fund transfers were conceived in the 1960s
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

TCB’s sugar, lentil sales begin today

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has announced that it would sell sugar at Tk 60 a kilogramme to one crore family cardholders during Ramadan.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Cut duties on essentials

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has urged the government to reduce the duties and taxes, both at import and domestic levels, on essential commodities in order to provide some respite to consumers with low and limited income amid higher inflation.
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Bank Asia celebrates ‘Financial Literacy Day’

Bank Asia for the first time celebrated a “Financial Literacy Day” on Monday arranging different activities to raise customers’ awareness and impart knowledge on financial matters and services. 
8 March 2023, 18:00 PM
8 March 2023, 13:35 PM

Brac Bank to recruit 500 female sales officials to serve women entrepreneurs

Brac Bank has set this unique example on the eve of International Women's Day by appointing an all-women sales team.
8 March 2023, 11:45 AM

The tax-free income threshold for personal income should be raised to Tk 3.50 lakh considering the added pressure of rising commodity prices, particularly those of food items, said the CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today urged the government to reduce the duties and taxes, both at import and domestic levels, on essential commodities in order to provide some respite to consumers with low and limited income amid higher inflation.
7 March 2023, 12:41 PM

Economic Association for all-out efforts to cut inequality

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) today urged the budget planners to employ all possible ways to reduce the inequality related to wealth, income, health, and education.
7 March 2023, 12:12 PM

BKMEA for continuation of current corporate tax rate for 5 more years

The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) today urged the government to cut the tax deducted at source and continue the existing corporate tax rate for another five years.
7 March 2023, 12:04 PM

Textile millers seek removal of import stage taxes on fibres

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) today sought the scope to import all types of fibres, including recycled and manmade, in the upcoming fiscal year of 2023-24 without paying any duty and other taxes and any non-tariff barriers.
7 March 2023, 11:53 AM

BGMEA seeks cuts in tax deducted at source

Apparel exporters today sought a host of tax benefits, including bringing down the tax deducted at source and withdrawing income tax levied on cash incentives in the upcoming fiscal year, in a bid to help the garment industry deal with the current economic stress.
7 March 2023, 11:41 AM

Chars in Bhola a hub for dried fish makers

Huge quantities of dried fish are produced each year in Charfesson and Manpura upazilas of Bhola, where at least 10,000 marginalised people are involved in this business worth around Tk 100 crore annually.
7 March 2023, 05:50 AM

Stocks slightly up

The key indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges rose slightly today.
7 March 2023, 05:23 AM