The leaders of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (Amtob) expressed worries today as the government did not include any of their recommendations in the proposed national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year.

Transactions through mobile financial services hit an all-time high of Tk 63,479 crore in April as both commoners and businesses used the digital channel to transfer fund to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baishakh.

PH Creative (BD) Ltd, a South Korean company, signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) today to establish a factory inside Mongla Export Processing Zone to manufacture camping items and garments accessories.

Inflation in Bangladesh dropped 30 basis points to 5.26 per cent in May, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.

The stock market bounced back today riding on the rise in insurance shares.

The stock market took a dip yesterday due the profit booking tendency among investors.

Private sector credit growth has been sluggish, capital machinery imports declined, and industrial production grew slower in the outgoing fiscal year than a year ago.

The government has amended the Customs Act, doubling the penalty for providing incorrect information in import and export documents even though wrong declarations do not lead to any duty evasion.

The 20-year tax-exemption support announced in the proposed budget will definitely take Bangladesh’s growing automobile industry to an impressive stage and promote local manufacturing, according to industry insiders.

DataBird, a Bangladeshi company having products across online travel, news, keyboard, eReader and lifestyle mobile applications, in association with The Daily Star is organising a competition to find unique ideas to use technology in solving the country’s problems.

City Bank yesterday witnessed the reelection of the chairman and vice chairman of its Board of Directors. Aziz Al Kaiser and Hossain Khaled are both sponsor directors, said a press release.

A landmark deal to reform corporate tax payments proposed by the Group of Seven on Saturday will not unfairly benefit the United States, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday.

Investor morale in the euro zone rose for the fourth month in a row in June, reaching its highest level since February 2018, lifted by reopening restaurants and tourism resuming as coronavirus cases fall, a survey showed on Monday.

Bangladesh should sort out the problems facing the industrial sector, ensure wider use of technologies, and take a bold initiative to re-skill the workforce to address the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, speakers said yesterday.

`Plastic goods makers and exporters have demanded withdrawal of value-added tax (VAT) on crockery and plastic toys in the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year.

Most of the land in Rangpur’s Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts, particularly those that border India, were non-arable just a few decades ago, when the region closely resembled a desert of sand and stone.

Bangladeshi exporters, importers and clearing and forwarding agents at Hili Land Port in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila have announced that they would accept letting in just 50 goods-laden trucks from India from tomorrow to tackle the pandemic.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday approved the amalgamation of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) and its sister concern BSRM Steel Mills.

Beximco Ltd has won three public work orders involving Tk 356.5 crore.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday further extended the deadline for export proceeds repatriation in a bid to help entrepreneurs withstand the Covid-19 fallout.