Necessary reforms to stabilize key commodity markets
JICA to support Forest Department to enhance coastal resilience
DHAKA: Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF), the oldest and one of the biggest travel trade shows in India held in the city of Kolkata at the Netaji Indoor Stadium and the adjacent Khudiram Anushilan Kendra on July 6-8, 2018, said a press release. TTF Kolkata has been always receiving large
DHAKA: The cabinet has approved the draft of National Agriculture Policy-2018 integrating nano-technology, mechanization, genetic and cooperative based farming. The approval came from a regular cabinet meting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at secretariat on Monday (July 9).
DHAKA: NOVOAIR, country's leading private airline, has added another 68-seater ATR 72-500 model aircraft, raising its aircrafts number to six in fleet. The aircraft landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday at 2:15pm. Managing Director Mofizur Rahman, Deputy
The Rota Year 2018-19 has just begun. Rtn. Engr. Tanvir Shahriar Rimon assumes Chairmanship to Rotary International Convention 2019 for Dist 3282, which will take place in Hamburg, Germany. He has been assigned for this position by District Governor Rtn. Dilnasheen Mohsen and she
DHAKA: Private Banks will have to pay 6 percent interest against the deposits of government institutions. The decision was made in a meeting between Bangladesh bank governor Fazle Kabir and chief executive officers (CEO) of scheduled banks at Bangladesh Bank conference room on Monday
DHAKA: Nasrul Hamid, state minister of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, made a courtesy call on Ian Paul Steff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing in U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration in Washington DC on Tuesday (June 26).
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $500 million loan to develop a state-of-the-art 800 megawatt (MW) power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh, along with associated connections to natural gas and power transmission facilities. “In the face of rising
DHAKA: A notice issued by the Bangladesh Bank, upon direction from the Public Administration Ministry, said that all the banks and financial institutions in Gazipur City Corporation area will remain closed Tuesday (June 26) due to election. Copies of the notice were sent to the chief
DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday (June 24) sentenced three officials including the Chairman of Mark Bangladesh Shilpa & Engineering Limited to five years in jail each, in a case filed over a share market scandal. Besides, the company was fined Tk 50 lakh. Judge Akbar Ali Sheikh of the
DHAKA: Japan will provide Tk 15,326 crore (USD 1,831 million) loan to Bangladesh for implementing six developmental mega projects including Jamuna railway bridge. Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi signed the
DHAKA: The government has not imposed any Value Added Tax (VAT) on remittance in the proposed budget for 2018-19 fiscal year, said an official of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). NBR senior information officer Sayed A. Mumen said it in a statement released on Wednesday (June 13).
British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh received yet another international accolade, the Asia Responsible Enterprise Award 2018 (AREA) for its CSR initiative ‘Deepto’ under Green Leadership category. The award was handed over at the International CSR Summit 2018 held in Manila,
DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain said no VAT will be imposed on online shopping. He was addressing the post-budget press briefing, at Osmani Auditorium in Dhaka Friday (June 8). “VAT has been imposed on various social media platform including
DHAKA: The government on Thursday (June 7) has proposed a Tk 4,64,573 crore budget for 2018-19, fixing the target of attaining a higher GDP growth of 7.8 percent in the financial year. Total Outlay Tk 4,64,573 cr Total Tax Revenue
DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith has started placing the 47th national budget for Fiscal Year 2018-19 in the Parliament on Thursday afternoon (June 7). After placing the supplementary budget for 2017-18 at 12:40 pm, finance minister AMA Muhith started reading out the proposed budget
DHAKA: The cabinet approved the proposed budget of the fiscal year 2018-19 in a meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat on Thursday (June 7) noon. This will be the tenth budget of the incumbent Awami League-led government after it assumed power in January of 2014. The size of the
DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is set to place the national budget for the Fiscal Year 2018-19 (FY19) Thursday (June 7). This will be the country’s 47th budget and the 19th of the Awami League government. Muhith will start placing the budget at the Jatiya Sangsad
DHAKA: Neil Menzies has been appointed President of Chevron Bangladesh. The appointment came into effect from Sunday (June 3), said press release Tuesday (June 5). Prior to this assignment, Mr Menzies was Deputy Managing Director of Chevron’s Eurasia Business Unit. In his new
DHAKA: City Bank has won the prestigious ‘Global Climate Partnership Award 2018’ from Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF). This is one of the most prestigious awards on energy efficient financing which recognizes outstanding performance and impact of partner institutions in the
DHAKA: Accord and Alliance, two platforms of buyers from Europe and America working to improve workplace safety in readymade garment sector of Bangladesh, is leaving the country by January 31 next year, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed. The minister came up with the announcement,