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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The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has offered financial incentives for transactions using the Bangla QR code system, and also withdrawn interchange fees in a bid to boost its use...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has emphasised the importance of transforming Bangladesh's economic zones into green, modern, and investment-friendly industrial hubs by ensuring a balance between industrialisation and environmental p...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has asked South Korea to help develop and invest in high-value manufacturing sectors in Bangladesh like automobile, telecommunication, semiconductor, ships and toys.The PM made the call during a meetin...
Bangla Press Desk: The High Court (HC) on Monday directed the government to frame rules within three months for providing workers of wholly foreign-owned companies with a five percent share of companies’ net profits through participation and welfare...
Bangla Press Desk: Cold storage owners urged the government to provide a 20% discount on electricity bills and raise the cash incentive for potato exports from 10% to 30% to help the sector cope with falling potato prices.The demands were made...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s ambitious plan to build a cashless economy through the universal Bangla QR payment system is facing major implementation hurdles, with many merchants yet to adopt the platform despite its mandatory nationwide rol...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has given instructions to ensure that import-export-related activities can continue 24/7 at all the ports of the country, said his Adviser and Spokesperson Mahdi Amin at a briefing on Satur...
Bangla Press Desk: Oil prices fell on Friday but kept on track for a monthly rise of about a fifth, as more supplies flowed through crucial maritime chokepoints, despite a lack of major breakthroughs in talks between the United States and Iran....
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has the potential to capture 12 percent of the projected US$375 billion global man-made fibre (MMF) apparel market by 2030 through policy reforms, investment promotion and industrial upgrading, Bangladesh Foreign T...
Bangla Press Desk: The British Council and EduCan International have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand access to internationally recognised English language learning and assessment services across Bangladesh.The agreement was s...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Adviser and PMO spokesperson Mahdi Amin has announced that Bangladesh and Malaysia have reached a policy-level agreement to reopen the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshi workers, with the first batch of...
Bangla Press Desk: Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women, in partnership with Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) and with support from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), on Tuesday inaugurated Dhaka's second Miyawaki Urban Forest at Uttara Secto...
Bangla Press Desk: Asian stocks rebounded on Wednesday after a brutal selloff a day earlier as anxiety about valuations, rising competition and AI spending rocked markets ahead of crucial earnings from big tech firms and a Federal Reserve policy deci...
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