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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The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has offered financial incentives for transactions using the Bangla QR code system, and also withdrawn interchange fees in a bid to boost its use...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: Bangladesh could secure as much as US$2 billion in additional exports in the 2025-26 fiscal year, benefiting from tariff advantages over India and China under US trade policy, said Zahid Hussain, former lead economist of...
Bangla Press Desk: Chinese investor Kaixi Group has signed an agreement to invest $40.05 million in an intimate garments and accessories manufacturing facility at the BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ), marking its second major investment i...
Bangla Press Desk: In a significant move to advance fiscal transparency and accountability, the Finance Division showcased the key features of the SABRE+ system - State-owned Enterprises and Autonomous Bodies Budget, Reporting, and Eval...
Bangla Press Desk: The country’s first-ever two-day exhibition on cosmetics, personal care and hygiene products kicked off on Friday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital’s Kuril area. Apart from Bang...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has declared former IFIC Bank chairman and Beximco Group vice-chairman Salman F Rahman, his son and former IFIC Bank vice-chairman Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, a...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee to develop action plans in a bid to boost the export potential of the country’s four major sectors--leather, jute, agriculture, processed agricultural products...
Bangla Press Desk: The United States’ decision to reduce reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi exports, from 35% to 20%, has been welcomed by economists as a significant breakthrough. However, they warn that without urgent structural reform...
Bangla Press Desk: Unilever Consumer Care Limited (UCL), formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited, announced the appointment of Mohammad Naharul Islam Molla as the new Managing Director (MD) of the company. The appointmen...
Bangla Press Desk: The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Saturday organised a memorial discussion and special prayer session in honour of its former Senior Vice President and Team Group Managing Direc...
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...
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