Dhaka: Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, convenor of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, has called for creating a supportive business environment to facilitate the adoption of sustainable business models by the private sector. Speaking at a discus…
Dhaka: National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan announced today that the government aims to gradually phase out tax exemptions, suggesting a potential shift away from this practice in the future. “We don’t want to incur further ta…
Rajshahi: Revenue earning of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has doubled compared to the previous regime breaking syndication during the last six months. RCC has taken the initiative of restoring discipline in all the existing revenue-earning installa…
Dhaka: The government today approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo of LNG and 72,897 SPC poles as part of efforts to meet the rising demand for energy and enhance the power distribution infrastructure in the country. The approvals were gr…
Dhaka: Newly appointed Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant for overseeing the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, announced today that the government is deeply reevaluating Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) statu…
Dhaka: After witnessing a downward trend in the last session, stocks today rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges riding on the government steps to help revamp the ailing market. DSEX, the broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, recove…
Khulna: Sales of all kinds of savings certificates have increased in Khulna after the government enhanced the interest rates. From January 1 this year, the interim government increased the interest rates for various savings (Sanchayapatra) certificate…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has warned people against investing in multilevel marketing (MLM) companies highlighting their offering excessive returns on deposits, stating that such activities fall under money laundering. The central bank is also inves…
Dhaka: Expatriate Bangladeshis sent over $814.29 million in remittance during the first eight days of March in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, of this total remittance, state-owned and specialised banks accounted …