Md Asaduz Zaman

Construction costs in Bangladesh fell for the seventh consecutive month in November, as official data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed a continued slide in building-material prices amid weakening market demand, according to industry insiders.

VAT is charged at every stage of production and sale, and consumers always bear the final cost

Economists warn of raising further

Revenue collection rose nearly 16 percent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year, thanks to a turbulent base period last year and a more settled political and business climate now.

Nearly a decade ago, the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) took up a project to build an industrial park in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail. The goal was noble—creating employment through industrialisation two years after implementation and eventually reducing poverty.

The ongoing shortfall in the supply of medicines, family planning materials and the procurement of medical equipment is likely to ease soon as three related projects are scheduled to be placed before the ECNEC for approval today.

Non-food prices cross the 9% mark again

In terms of intermediate goods, LC opening rose by 1.59% during the period

For nearly four years, prices in Bangladesh have been rising faster than people’s pay. Every month, workers earned a little more on paper, but that extra money did not stretch as far in the market. Now, for the past two months, even the pace of income growth has started to slow, making an already difficult situation even worse for low- and middle-income families.

The massive fire that engulfed the cargo complex at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday has left importers grappling with the loss of consignments worth crores of taka. They now face a painful question: is there any legal or financial redress for their losses?.There are two

Raw materials for peak-season garment shipments, medicine ingredients, and telecom equipment gutted

In the village of Kuralia, under Sirajganj Sadar upazila, about 125 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, Moklesur Rahman once earned a living as a handloom weaver.

Analysts and stakeholders blame weak enforcement, limited lab facilities in rural areas and poor awareness among producers

According to provisional estimates released by BBS, GDP grew by 3.35%

Bangladesh’s headline inflation rose slightly to 8.36 percent in September from 8.29 percent in August, according to data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

More than one in four people are poor, while one in ten live in extreme poverty

Outdated training is failing to make Bangladesh's young people job-ready at home or abroad

Lack of investment, skills mismatch fuel high graduate joblessness rate

Costs have since climbed to Tk 1,264 crore, a 34 percent increase, according to planning ministry documents.

Revenue collection grew by nearly 21 percent year-on-year in the first two months of the current fiscal year, due mainly to a calmer political climate compared with the same period last year, when mass protests led to the fall of the Awami League government.