The National Board of Revenue will focus on bringing consistency among the tax measures related to the stockmarket, NBR Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said yesterday.

Depositors of troubled Farmers Bank can now breathe a sigh of relief after Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the precarious bank will be saved at any cost.

Private airliner US-Bangla Airlines is set to expand its wings to China from April 26 as the first ever Bangladeshi carrier to explore Chinese air.

National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to organise Halkhata Day for the second time marking Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year.

The banking regulator yesterday extended the deadline for banks to lower their advance-deposit ratio (ADR) by three months to March 31 next year amid pressure from the directors of commercial banks.

The World Bank yesterday questioned the 7.65 percent economic growth estimate being peddled by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics for fiscal 2017-18, raising doubts over claims of robust expansion of the manufacturing sector and domestic demand.

Stocks continued to gain for the third consecutive session yesterday, thanks to the buying pressure from the textile, fuel and power sectors' shares.

Agent banking is the most useful channel when it comes to providing financial services to the extreme poor, speakers told a national seminar at Amari Dhaka yesterday.

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday urged the government to pay special attention to banking sector management in the budgetary measures for next fiscal year.

Bangladesh’s unique mobile internet penetration will reach 41 percent by 2025, with 4G accounting for half of total connections, the GSMA says in one of its report about Bangladesh mobile industry.

The reluctance of banks and financial institutions to provide women with easy loans is one of the major barriers to the growth of women-led small and medium enterprises, analysts said yesterday.

Bangladesh needs to develop specialists for the export-oriented sectors as they largely rely on foreign experts, who take home $5 billion each year, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday.

Five top officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh have resigned from their jobs following restructuring at the management level.

Bangladesh will export mobile sets within next two years as several plants have started rolling to assemble smart devices, Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar says.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood says the much waited commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1 will be ready for use by August after its launch within next few weeks.

The government is going to start a process to ensure high-speed internet connectivity in isolated islands and remotest part of the country through satellite connectivity, telecom and ICT minister Mustafa Jabbar says.

The Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), a forum of private banks' directors, has taken up an initiative to raise Tk 160 crore for the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund.

Export earnings fell 1.38 percent year-on-year to $3.05 billion in March due to a decline in leather goods shipment.

The Bangladesh economy is charging towards record growth figure for the second consecutive year, driven by double-digit growth in manufacturing and construction sectors.

Oppo, a leading global technology brand, is all set in Bangladesh to launch Oppo F7, a new smartphone with a 25 megapixel front camera using real-time high dynamic range technology.