Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the remittance inflow to the country has started to return to the normal trend as it was in pre-Covid times.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange snapped a four-day decline today.

The stock market in Bangladesh returned to the black today after falling for four consecutive days.

Our everyday relationship with financial services – their scope, their function, and how we use them – is constantly shifting in profound ways.

Coffee and cashew cultivation are rapidly expanding in Bangladesh thanks to a government initiative that aims to meet the growing domestic demand for these two crops.

Unilever Bangladesh’s haircare brand Sunsilk recently introduced a new range of shampoos with an active mix of natural ingredients as it looks to expand its dominance in the country’s Tk 1,000 crore shampoo market.

Until the current fiscal year, a bank account-holder requires paying a 10 per cent withholding tax on the interest earnings on deposits if the individual furnishes banks with the taxpayer identification number (TIN).

The pace of implementation of development schemes of the government hit a three-year high in May of the outgoing fiscal year with Jatiya Sangsad secretariat topping the list while the Finance Division sits at the bottom.

The government can expect to save up to Tk 5,500 crore for the austerity measures taken so far to preserve the foreign exchange reserves and tame inflation, according to the finance ministry.

Most shares on the stock markets in Bangladesh ended in the red yesterday, continuing the downward trend for the last several days, largely for lower-than-expected budgetary measures favourable to investors and the gloomy market sentiment.

Bangladesh’s productivity has increased but the country is still struggling for a lack of skilled labour force, said Dulal Krishna Saha, executive chairman of National Skills Development Authority. 

The government yesterday signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a $250 million policy-based loan to further improve the social protection system in Bangladesh for supporting the vulnerable population against socioeconomic challenges.

The government today signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a $250 million policy-based loan to further improve the social protection system in Bangladesh for supporting the vulnerable population against socioeconomic challenges.

The stock market in Bangladesh ended in the red today as well, extending the losses it incurred in the last several days. 

The stock market in Bangladesh opened lower today as well, extending the losses it incurred in the last several days.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the premier bourse in Bangladesh, has welcomed the proposed budget for the fiscal year of 2022-23 even though general investors have reacted negatively, sending the key index lower in the last two trading sessions.

The production cost of steel makers in Bangladesh is going to increase as the revenue authority seeks to hike the value-added tax on rod and other steel products by up to 20 per cent, two leading producers said yesterday.

Bangladesh has once again called upon nations not to put any restrictions on their food grain exports and sought the continuation of its TRIPS waiver until December 31, 2032, to save the lives of people and newborns.

Two companies, which handle a major portion of Bangladesh’s hydrogen peroxide exports, have been forced to stop production as most shipping lines are declining to carry the chemical following a deadly fire at an inland container depot (ICD) last week.

The profits of state-owned enterprises in Bangladesh fell to their lowest in nine years, owing to higher commodity prices in the global market and selling of essentials among the poor and low-income groups at subsidised rates.