BGMEA President SM Mannan Kochi says in a press briefing today

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics says in quarterly GDP estimate

Bangladesh has sought duty-free access for its products shipped to Brazil to reduce the bilateral trade gap.

The cabinet committee on economic affairs says

IFC is providing $30 million in Pran Dairy Ltd (PDL) and Habiganj Agro Ltd (HAL), concerns of PRAN Group, to support their businesses severely impacted by the shortage of US dollars in Bangladesh

Telecom operators and experts in Bangladesh yesterday demanded restructuring taxation in the sector, arguing that the rates in place are not only limiting the sector’s growth, but also potentially hindering the implementation of “Smart Bangladesh”.

Some 70% have already paid festival bonus, Industrial police say

Leather exports rose 9.8% year-on-year in Jul-Mar of FY24

The merger guideline for banks and financial institutions is being hailed as a major step towards fixing the problem in the financial sector, which has been weighed down by massive default loans and weak corporate governance.

Although banks in the country normally face a liquidity shortage due to cash withdrawals ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr each year, a majority of them have sufficient funds on hand this time around thanks to continuous liquidity support from Bangladesh Bank.

On April 4, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the government to pay attention to ensuring reasonable protection from customs tariffs for the sake of employment and promoting domestic industries, services and small and medium enterprises.

Telenor, the parent company of leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone, has a long-term commitment to the Bangladesh market.

The price of gold in Bangladesh is set to break all previous records tomorrow as jewellers in the country today decided to further increase their rates for precious metal.

Additional Inspector General of Police Md Abu Kalam Siddique, the chief of Tourist Police, today said the attack in the hilly areas will not affect tourism sector

Five associations representing the ICT sector yesterday demanded that the government extend tax exemptions on businesses offering software and IT-enabled service (ITES) till 2031, saying their development was crucial to the government’s vision for a Smart Bangladesh.

Bangladesh should fast-track the production of garments from man-made fibre (MMF), as the global exports of such apparel is projected to increase from 50 percent in 2022 to 60 percent in 2030, according to a recent study by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC)

Renata PLC has begun exporting medicines to the US market, becoming the sixth pharmaceutical manufacturer from Bangladesh to directly ship products to the world's largest market

The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) staged a comeback yesterday, snapping a two-day losing streak.

With tax exemptions for the information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services sector ending after this fiscal year, ICT entrepreneurs are demanding the continuation of such incentives for seven more years to help build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’.

The central bank of Bangladesh has tightened the monetary policy but its transmission has been hindered by the SMART lending rate cap since it slows pass-through to lending rates due to the use of a moving average, the World Bank said in a report today.