Real estate businesses have urged the government to reduce registration fees on apartment sales and cut taxes on registration of second hand or used flats to give a boost to the sector.

Bangladeshi insurers have been asked to take prior permission from the insurance regulator in case of relocation or closure of any branch or office.

The second passenger terminal building is being constructed while another cargo terminal gate is going to be erected at the Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Check Post (ICP) in order to facilitate smoother movement of goods and people between the two countries.

A two-day fair for South Korean companies in Bangladesh to showcase their latest products and technologies will begin tomorrow at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka.

A common sight during winter months in recent years has been the distribution of blankets by our politicians, corporate leaders and businessmen to communities with little or no real need for them.

The presence of a huge amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector raises funding costs for entrepreneurs so Bangladesh Bank’s decision to cap the lending interest rate was a wrong one, says economists and entrepreneurs. 

The ICT industry, academia and government should collaborate on research and development while also promoting the sector and building skilled human resources to fuel IT service exports, according to experts.

The insurance regulator issued a circular in this regard today

The realtors want cut in apartment registration fees and tax cut on registration of used flats

The event titled ‘Showcase Korea 2023’ will be organised by the South Korean embassy, the Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Korean community in Bangladesh

Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh says at DCCI seminar

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell for the fourth consecutive session today.

One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the surge in global food prices that the war triggered has subsided. But there are still reasons for worry: Prices remain elevated, and new shocks could send them soaring again.

The indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses fell in the first half of today’s trading.

The higher earnings were driven by the shipment of computer data-processing and hosting services, which cover most business process outsourcing and IT-enabled services

The government has eased the rule of compulsory fumigation test for import of American cotton, particularly from the United States, clearing the ways for smooth import of the raw material of textile mills, the backward linkage industry for country’s main export earning garments.

Weak banks in Bangladesh with small holdings of government securities, which are used to mobilise funds either from the central bank or peers, may become more vulnerable in the days to come, Moody’s Investors Service warned yesterday.  

The International Finance Corporation will invest $1 billion annually over the next five years under the Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) programme.

REHAB Chattogram Fair 2023, a four-day housing exhibition, will begin in the port city today at the Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View hotel.

The central bank has given permission to banks to complete legal procedures to change their name by adding PLC as a suffix.