Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch will lead the delegation

Aggrieved clients in the Agrabad area also formed a human chain in front of the port city’s World Trade Center later in the day

Last year, the ADB provided $29.3 billion in financial support to the region while implementing reforms to deliver assistance more quickly and at scale

Remittance inflow rose 13.6 percent year-on-year to $3.13 billion in April, as expatriates sent more money home ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second of the two major Muslim festivals, expected to be observed later this month.

The salt production season in the country usually runs from November to May, with production peaking from April to May due to the intense summer heat

Shipments reach $4b with all top 20 export markets posting positive YoY growth

Bangladesh needs a decisive push to mobilise revenue by immediately launching reform measures, accelerating automation, and gradually phasing out existing tax exemptions, said economists and policymakers at an event organised by the National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday.

Economies with low diversification will face challenges in coming out of the middle-income trap, said the head of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) yesterday.

The decision was taken at a recent Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission meeting

Bangladesh is expected to play an important role in linking South Asia and Southeast Asia, particularly in power grids

Bangladesh has opportunities to bridge South and Southeast Asia

The response covers communities in the northeastern haor region of Sylhet Division

Washington still urges Dhaka to strengthen intellectual property enforcement in Bangladesh as Vietnam, India and Pakistan appear in USTR report

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has waived the requirement to maintain provisions against funds of banks and non-bank financial institutions stuck in five merging shariah-based lenders.

She added that past social protection schemes have often suffered from irregularities and corruption

The vast majority of Bangladesh’s workforce remains in marginal conditions, outside the reach of formal labour protections, experts warned yesterday, calling for a shift in policy focus beyond the garment sector.

According to Barvida, around 3 lakh people directly or indirectly employed in the sector now face uncertainty over their livelihoods

FR Khan has stepped down from his executive responsibilities as managing director of Building Technology & Ideas Limited (bti), a real estate company, effective July 1 this year, according to a press release.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has waived the requirement to maintain provisions against funds of banks and non-bank financial institutions stuck in five merging shariah-based lenders

The association demanded duty cuts for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles