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Bangla Press Desk: The country's remittance inflow witnessed a remarkable year-on-year growth of 45.1%, reaching $3.17 billion in January, making it the third-highest remittance inflow for a single mo...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Thursday said Bangladesh lags behind its competitors in securing favourable agreements with the US. “Bangladesh’s export trade heavily depends on effective tariff...
Bangla Press Desk: Three years after Bangladesh Bank imposed import restrictions to address a US dollar crisis, many of those measures remain in place – complicating trade and stalling industrial growth, despite some stabilisa...
Bangla Press Desk: The country’s investment climate has hit a 14-year low as prolonged political instability and mob violence continue to disrupt law and order following the July uprising. While protests persist across the country de...
Bangla Press Desk: Despite growing demand in the international market, Bangladesh’s mango exports remain stagnant compared to production, mainly due to poor packaging, limited air cargo space, high freight charges, and inadequate brandi...
Bangla Press Desk: All the jewellery businesses across the country have been shut indefinitely in protest against the arrest of BAJUS Vice President Md Reponul Hasan in a “false case” on Wednesday night, the alliance of jewellers said i...
Bangla Press Desk: The first shipment of Bangladeshi mangoes to China will be dispatched this month, Agriculture Secretary Md Emdad Ullah Mian announced on Wednesday. “Following Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus' recent visit to Chin...
Bangla Press Desk: Some 14 garment exporters did not get payment worth US$7.6 million despite shipping apparel goods to Russia for last one year due to transaction complexities. "Though there was a move to bring the money into the co...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Jewelers Association (Bajus) has reduced the price of gold by Tk 3137 per bhori from Tuesday. According to the new price, the price of a bhori of the good quality 22-carat gold will be Tk 167,623, which...
Bangla Press Desk: The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo LNG and 11 million liters of refined rice bran oil to meet the growing demand of the country. The approval came from the 19th meeting of...
Bangla Press Desk: High interest rates and limited access to affordable financing and ongoing political instability are burdening start-ups, small businesses, and large corporations alike, limiting their capacity to invest in infrastruc...
Bangla Press Desk: Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen on Thursday said the visit of the largest-ever Chinese business delegation to Bangladesh, led by Chinese commerce minister, later this month will lead to the elevation of bilateral economic...
Bangla Press Desk: The interim government is all set to table the first national budget following the ouster of dictator Sheikh Hasina last year – with a razor sharp focus on trimming fascist-era extravagant spending and propping up sta...
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