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Middle East conflict disrupting garment production: BGMEA president
15 April 2026, 21:02 PM
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UNI Global Union lauds amended labour law of Bangladesh
15 April 2026, 20:15 PM
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iFarmer secures $1.5m foreign funding to strengthen agri value chain
15 April 2026, 19:26 PM
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Automotive trade show begins on April 23
15 April 2026, 18:52 PM
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Opinion / Restoring trust in Bangladesh’s capital market: how blockchain and AI can end IPO fraud
15 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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Starlink in Bangladesh: Blazing fast, but few can afford
13 April 2026, 21:26 PM
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Transaction-based reference rate introduced in money market
13 April 2026, 18:53 PM
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Tax return deadline extended for companies until May 15
13 April 2026, 17:29 PM
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Islami Bank MD sent on leave for over 1.5 months
12 April 2026, 20:54 PM
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AirAsia to resume Dhaka-KL flights in July
Malaysia's low-cost airline AirAsia will resume daily direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur on July 11 after keeping its operation
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Reduce tax on garment exports: Tofail
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday called for reducing tax at source on exports of garments to a tolerable level from the proposed 1 percent for the sake of the country's highest foreign currency earning sector.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Garment exports to US will not be hurt by Trans-Pacific agreement: economist
Bangladesh's garment exports to American market will not be affected by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a mega trade deal
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Hi-tech park nears reality
The long-delayed hi-tech park at Kaliakoir has finally taken one small step towards realisation, as the government looks to tie down an
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
China to merge 3 cargo airlines to create Asia leader
China will merge its three biggest freight airlines and build the combined entity into Asia's largest air cargo operator, a top aviation
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Digitisation gets a boost
The government has moved a step closer to its Digital Bangladesh vision by connecting public offices in Dhaka with district and
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Regulator okays IGW cartel
The telecom regulator yesterday endorsed a cartel of international gateway operators.
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
France warns off telecoms merger
The French government on Sunday warned Franco-Israeli media magnate Patrick Drahi against a 10-billion-euro takeover of rival mobile
21 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Global cotton production to fall: US report
Global cotton production will fall 5 percent year-on-year to around 113 million bales in 2015-16 mainly due to a drop in cultivation in
20 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Exports bounce back in May
Exports bounced back in May after a dip in April, raking in $2.84 billion, up 4.44 percent from a year earlier.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
BTRC scraps two more IGW licences for non-payment
The telecom regulator has cancelled the licences of two international gateways that were blocked more than a year ago for failure to pay their stipulated share of revenue and licence fees to the government.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Exports to India not rising despite efforts
Bangladesh's exports to India have not been rising despite undertaking a lot of positive measures in recent years to reduce the huge bilateral trade gap between the two countries.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Bandwidth export to Italy awaits final nod
A final proposal has been sent to the prime minister for the approval to export 10 gigabits per second of internet bandwidth of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) to an Italian company.
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Huawei targets selling 100m handsets in 2015
Huawei aims to sell 100 million handsets globally this year, marking a year-on-year rise of 30 percent.
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Myanmar scraps proposed 5 pct tax on phone cards as telecoms boom
Myanmar scraps proposed 5 percent tax on mobile phone top-up cards after lawmakers voted against the levy, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.
28 May 2015, 05:46 AM
First green resort opens in Cox's Bazar next month
Cox's Bazar that boasts the world's longest unbroken sea beach is set to see Bangladesh's first five-star green resort next month.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Export fund raised to $2b
In the face of rising demand from exporters, the central bank yesterday increased the size of its export development fund by 33 percent to $2 billion.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Improved connectivity to boost exports 86pc: ADB
Bangladesh's real income gains will be 6.9 percent of GDP and its export will grow by 86 percent by 2030 if connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia improves, according to a new study.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Smartphone sales grow on low-cost handsets
The smartphone market in Bangladesh grew 17 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of the year as local vendors continue to churn
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM
4G rollout to double the number of internet users: Huawei
China's leading ICT solution provider Huawei yesterday said the deployment of the fourth generation of mobile data technology could quickly double the number of mobile internet users in Bangladesh.
21 May 2015, 18:00 PM