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Bangla Press Desk: Wage growth in Dhaka Division outpaced urban inflation in July, offering a positive signal for the purchasing power of low-paid workers as Bangladesh's broader inflation rate...
Bangla Press Desk: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Yingming Yang has said the Manila-based lending agency is ready to help Bangladesh realize its ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 and an upper-middle-income coun...
Bangla Press Desk: Hotel Sarina Dhaka is presenting the Peshawari Food Festival from 16 August to 29 August 2026 at Summerfields Restaurant, bringing together the rich culinary traditions, aromas and iconic flavours of Pakistan in an extensive...
Bangla Press Desk: Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Sunday urged Lithuanian technology companies to explore investment and business opportunities in Bangladesh's rapidly expanding ICT, fintech and other technology-driven sectors.He...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has requested an installment facility allowing factories affected by gas and electricity shortages to pay their July and August utility bills over 12 mon...
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Bangla Press Desk: Rupayan Housing Estate Limited and the Bangladesh Doctors’ Foundation (BDF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two organisations.The agreement was signed at a five-star hotel...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken an initiative to introduce person-to-person (P2P) money transfers through the ‘Bangla QR’ system as part of efforts to reduce cash transactions and expand digital payments.Banks, mobile financia...
Bangla Press Desk: City Group plans to raise up to Tk1,500 crore from the country’s capital market as part of its financing strategy, marking its first entry into Bangladesh’s equity capital market. With a business legacy spanning mo...
Bangla Press Desk: The proposed entry of Pakistan-assembled MG vehicles into Bangladesh is being presented as another sign of warming economic relations between the two countries. It may also become a useful test of whether Bangladesh can use i...
Bangla Press Desk: Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Wednesday called for developing a robust and internationally recognised halal ecosystem in Bangladesh, urging the country to draw on the experience of the ASEAN region to emerge a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has offered financial incentives for transactions using the Bangla QR code system, and also withdrawn interchange fees in a bid to boost its use by merchants and consumers.The new directives wil...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has taken a fresh initiative to further strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations with New Zealand by expanding cooperation in promising sectors including agri-tech, dairy, green energy, pharmaceuticals,...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has issued detailed regulations governing the appointment, powers, and responsibilities of temporary administrators assigned to troubled banks and financial institutions.The new rules, titled the “Re...
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