Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said the media would soon be informed about measures the government has taken against culprits who laundered money abroad in the past two to three years.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday refuted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) statement on Tuesday that two issues on which the two regulators had a dispute on had been resolved through a meeting that day.

Bangladesh Bank today refuted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) statement on Tuesday that two issues on which the two regulators had a dispute on had been resolved through a meeting that day.

Bangladesh stocks rebounded strongly today amid investors' optimism after the central bank and the stock market regulator agreed to resolve their disputes.

Dubai-based multinational logistics company DP World will invest $1 billion in Bangladesh’s supply chain infrastructure, including ports, rail network and inland container terminals.

Major indices of the domestic stock market took a nosedive yesterday despite breaking a six-day losing streak just the day before due to intensifying fears surrounding a fresh breakout of Covid-19, according to experts.

The government has selected 57 non-resident Bangladeshis to honour them as the commercially important person (CIP) for their contribution to the economy.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday extended the deadline for income tax return submission by a month.

The central bank may allow banks and non-bank financial institutions to channel the undistributed dividends to the stock market stabilisation fund, in a softening of stance that would end its dispute with the stock market regulator.

The country’s apex trade body, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), is going to launch a 16-day event in Dhaka to commemorate the country’s 50 years of independence.

The tax rates will come down if more people are brought under the tax net and if the government reduces the tax rate, people will be less inclined towards evading tax, speakers told a seminar yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided not to mop up any money from the market as a part of its efforts to ease the ongoing liquidity crunch in the banking sector.

The Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Idcol) has big plans to invest in industrial rooftop solar power projects in line with the government target to meet 30 per cent of Bangladesh’s energy needs from clean sources by 2030.

Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh accelerated to 9.44 per cent in October, the highest in 13 months as the economy is running in full swing, shaking off coronavirus fallout.

HSBC has been voted “market leader” and the “best service” in Bangladesh in the Euromoney Cash Management Survey 2021.

Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA) yesterday witnessed the election of its new office bearers for a two-year term starting 2021-22. 

Parag Agrawal, who took over Monday as the new head of Twitter, shot from relative obscurity as the platform’s technology expert to becoming the latest India-born talent to lead a US tech giant.

Sea Pearl hotel, owner of Royal Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa in Cox’s Bazar, is going to operate a hotel in Dhaka on a rental basis.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday approved a perpetual bond and a mutual fund.

Unusual disruptions in global supply chains are becoming a nightmare not only for businesses but for the global economy as well. It has reached such a dire state that even the US president had to make resilient supply chains a top priority of his administration.