Customs to remain open during Eid holidays

The customs offices will remain open on a limited scale during the Eid and weekly holidays beginning from April 29 to May 4 to ensure smooth operation of export and import activities at the ports, said the National Board of Revenue yeserday.
27 April 2022

Ukraine war: GDP growth target to be revised if needed

Bangladesh’s growth target will be revised if the situation of the Ukraine-Russia war worsens, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.
27 April 2022

How well does your bank know you?

We are the BTV generation whose only choice of TV series or programmes were the ones the channel aired. We had no option of flipping channels and we would rather enjoy whatever came our way.
27 April 2022

Food, energy price shocks could last for years: WB

The war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that will keep prices at historically high levels through the end of 2024, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report.
27 April 2022

Raise working capital limit

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to raise the working capital limit as the financial strength of many businesses has weakened because of the prices increase in the global market.
27 April 2022

Sleeping bags turning into major export item

Bangladesh is becoming a major manufacturer of sleeping bags as China is losing its market share because of worker shortage and higher cost of production.
27 April 2022

Another direct shipping service to connect Ctg with Rotterdam, Liverpool

Thanks to the success of the first direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Italy commenced in February this year, several Europe-based logistics providers now also want to launch such services for faster transportation of Bangladesh’s export cargoes.
27 April 2022

Banks asked to raise working capital limit for businesses

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to enhance the volume of working capital as financial capacity of many businesses are on the wane due to the global price rise of various goods.
27 April 2022

Food, energy price shocks from Ukraine war could last for years: World Bank

The war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that will keep prices at historically high levels through the end of 2024, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report.
27 April 2022

Sweden sees enormous potential in Bangladesh's ICT industry

Sweden sees enormous potential in Bangladesh's human resources in the IT sector and the Scandinavian nation believes both the countries can benefit by utilising this human resource.
27 April 2022

Customs offices to remain open during Eid holidays

The customs offices will remain open on a limited scale during the Eid and weekly holidays beginning from April 29 to May 4 to ensure smooth operation of export and import activities at the ports.
27 April 2022

Sunamganj-Meghalaya border haat reopens

The border haat between Bangladesh and India along the Sunamganj-Meghalaya frontier reopened yesterday after remaining closed for two years.
26 April 2022

City Bank gets nod to issue Tk 700cr bond

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday gave a go-ahead to The City Bank Ltd to raise Tk 700 crore through issuance of bond in order to enable the bank to strengthen its capital base, according to a statement.
26 April 2022

Stock turnover jumps 29pc

The stock index rose slightly though the blue-chip index dropped yesterday while there was a substantial increase in the turnover.
26 April 2022

Post-import financing made easier

Bangladesh Bank yesterday revised its policy for post-import financing (PIF) to ease the process for importers to get finance smoothly.
26 April 2022

Banglalink secures Tk 1,200cr syndicated loan

Telecom operator Banglalink yesterday signed an agreement with 17 banks in the country to secure a five-year syndicated term loan of Tk 1,200 crore.
26 April 2022

Private credit growth rises 11.3pc in March

Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh accelerated to 11.29 per cent in March, the highest in three years, spurred by high commodity imports ahead of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest sales season for domestic market-oriented businesses.
26 April 2022

Most factories yet to clear Eid bonuses

Nearly 57 per cent industrial and manufacturing units in Bangladesh did not pay Eid bonuses to their workers as of yesterday, missing the deadline set by the government.
26 April 2022

Internet data caps, time limits to go soon

Mobile users in Bangladesh are set to avail data without expiry date and monthly limitless data, which will allow them to use internet to work, communicate, study, and find entertainment to their heart’s content.
26 April 2022

Bangladesh Bank revises post import financing policy

The Bangladesh Bank today revised its policy for post import financing (PIF) in order to give clarification to banks as importers have faced complexities to get fund properly.
26 April 2022