Laldia terminal construction begins
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Economy
Imports from India rise despite trade restrictions
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Economy
BB sets up Tk 2,000cr fund to shore up frozen food exports
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Economy
Fix energy supply for existing industries first
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Economy
The job market speaks. Are we listening?
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Economy
MIDAS Financing to sell three commercial properties
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Economy
BB revises Tk 3,000 agri-refinance scheme for northern region
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Economy
Tk 10,000cr farm refinance scheme gets rate cut
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Economy
Bangladesh Bank made over Tk 26,000 crore profit in FY26
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Economy
Bangladesh Bank made over Tk 26,000 crore profit in FY26
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Business
No good news for individual taxpayers
There is nothing new for individual taxpayers in the upcoming fiscal as the Finance Minister opted to stick to his previous stance.
7 June 2018
Tk 1,498 cr to be spent for development of sports
The government allocates Tk 1,498 crore for the Youth and Sports Ministry in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2018-19, Tk 307 crore up from the revised budget of the last fiscal year.
7 June 2018
Allocation for education sector raised by 11pc
The government proposes raising allocation in the education sector by 11 percent to Tk 53,054 crore for the next fiscal year compared to the revised allocation in the outgoing fiscal year.
7 June 2018
Prices of energy drinks, cigarette-bidi papers to rise
Energy drink and cigarette-bidi papers prices are expected to go up with the additional supplementary duty proposed in the budget for fiscal 2018-19.
7 June 2018
Imported mobile handsets to be costlier
Imported mobile phone handsets will be costlier as Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to increase 1 percentage point surcharge in his budget speech for fiscal 2018-19.
7 June 2018
Wounded freedom-fighters, families to get Tk 400cr
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to allocate Tk 400 crore in 2018-19 fiscal to support insolvent war-wounded and sick freedom-fighters or their spouses, children or grand-children.
7 June 2018
Tk 42,000cr bank borrowing to finance deficit
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to borrow Tk 42,029 crore from the banking sources to manage the deficit financing.
7 June 2018
Budget deficit for outgoing FY soared to 5% of GDP
Budget deficit for the outgoing year soared to 5 percent of GDP, up from 4.76 in fiscal 2016-17. Less revenue income and higher expenditure has increased the deficit, according to the budget proposal for 2018-19.
7 June 2018
Budget: Prices up, prices down
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes changes to duties on different products, which will result in increase and decrease in their prices.
7 June 2018
Tk 1,37,742cr proposed for women welfare
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes a Tk1,37,742 crore allocation for women's development in the fiscal year 2018-19, which is 29.65 per cent of the total budget and 5.34 per cent of the GDP.
7 June 2018
Corporate tax hiked for RMG units
Corporate tax for the readymade garments units will be hiked to 15 per cent, what Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes in his budget for fiscal 2018-19.
7 June 2018
Tk 300cr to fight earthquake
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposes to keep a block allocation of Tk 300 crores for managing risks arising out of earthquake.
7 June 2018
Electronic Fiscal Devices to be mandatory to avoid VAT evasion
Resorts, hotels and businesses will have to use electronic fiscal devices (EFD) from the next fiscal year -- a move the revenue authorities have taken to combat value-added tax evasion.
7 June 2018
Muhith sets record placing 10 consecutive budgets
Finance Minister AMA Muhith becomes the first finance minister in Bangladesh history to present 10 consecutive national budgets.
7 June 2018
Duty on imported rice re-imposed to protect farmers
Finance Minister AMA Muhith today proposes to re-impose 25 per cent customs duty and 3 per cent regulatory duty on rice imports to protect the farmers as the country got a bumper paddy production in the boro season.
7 June 2018
Big spike in govt’s interest payment
The government will spend Tk 51,340 crore for interest payment in the upcoming fiscal year which is 11 percent of total proposed budget of Tk 4,64,573 crore.
7 June 2018
2.7% more investment in energy div
Power and energy division occupies about 5.3 per cent of the biggest ever budget placed at the parliament.
7 June 2018
20% of total budget for children by 2020: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith sets a goal to allocate 20 percent of total budget for children by 2020 as part of mainstreaming children development in the national planning and budgeting.
7 June 2018
Cosmetics, toiletries to get costlier
Fresh duty schemes have been drawn up on cosmetics and toiletries items, which is expected to push the prices of such items higher.
7 June 2018
Govt sets 7.8% GDP growth target, inflation drops to 5.6pc
The government has set a target of 7.8 per cent GDP growth for the next fiscal year.
7 June 2018