Bring idle power plants back on
3 September 2026
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Business
SPOTLIGHT / Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for Aman season
3 September 2026
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Economy
Steelmakers squeezed by higher costs, weak demand
3 September 2026
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Economy
Titumir blames AL govt for energy crisis, high inflation
3 September 2026
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Economy
Vietnam’s growth story holds lessons for Bangladesh
3 September 2026
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Column
Clean energy key to garment sector’s competitiveness: EU envoy
3 September 2026
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Organisation News
Price of bottled soybean oil rises by Tk 5 a litre
2 September 2026
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Business
Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for current Aman season
2 September 2026
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Business
Contracts of Agrani, BDBL, BASIC Bank managing directors cancelled
2 September 2026
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Business
18,000 customers apply to withdraw Tk 1,300 crore from Sammilito Islami Bank
2 September 2026
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Business
Thailand launches Muslim-friendly tourist app
Thailand on Monday launched a smartphone app to attract Muslim visitors, something that could help further boost an industry which
29 June 2015
Greece banking shutdown sparks global markets slump
World markets tumbled Monday as Greece shut its banks and imposed capital controls to halt a panic-driven run on ATMs, a day before
29 June 2015
Banks baffled by BB rewards for good borrowers
Banks have been puzzled by a central bank directive that asked them to incentivise good borrowers with a 10 percent rebate on the
29 June 2015
Muhith forecasts an end to 6pc growth trap next year
Bangladesh will come out of the 6 percent GDP growth trap next fiscal year as the prevailing political stability looks set to continue,
29 June 2015
VAT exemption to expand for businesses
Businesses with annual turnover of up to Tk 30 lakh are likely to be excused from paying value-added tax, after the government caved
29 June 2015
No VAT on e-commerce
The government has decided not to impose a 4 percent value-added tax on e-commerce as proposed in the budget for the next fiscal
29 June 2015
17.5 lakh new mobile internet users in May
Some 17.5 lakh people took up internet connections on their handsets in May to take the total number of active mobile internet
29 June 2015
AirAsia to resume Dhaka-KL flights in July
Malaysia's low-cost airline AirAsia will resume daily direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur on July 11 after keeping its operation
29 June 2015
Reduce tax on garment exports: Tofail
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday called for reducing tax at source on exports of garments to a tolerable level from the proposed 1 percent for the sake of the country's highest foreign currency earning sector.
28 June 2015
National Bank of Pakistan gets new country manager
Md Quamruzzaman has been appointed country manager of National Bank of Pakistan in Bangladesh, it said in a statement yesterday.
28 June 2015
Garment exports to US will not be hurt by Trans-Pacific agreement: economist
Bangladesh's garment exports to American market will not be affected by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a mega trade deal
25 June 2015
Hi-tech park nears reality
The long-delayed hi-tech park at Kaliakoir has finally taken one small step towards realisation, as the government looks to tie down an
25 June 2015
Europe's bankers fear Brexit more than Grexit
The possibility of Britain leaving the European Union sometime in the future worries European bankers a great deal more than the
25 June 2015
China to merge 3 cargo airlines to create Asia leader
China will merge its three biggest freight airlines and build the combined entity into Asia's largest air cargo operator, a top aviation
25 June 2015
H&M focuses on ethical profile to drive sales growth
Swedish fashion company Hennes & Mauritz is focusing on its ethical profile to drive long-term sales growth as shoppers become
25 June 2015
American retailers lowering prices of Bangladeshi apparel
The American retailers have progressively been lowering the prices they pay for Bangladeshi garment items, a recent study found.
25 June 2015
Forex reserves cross $25b
Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves crossed $25 billion yesterday, setting a new record.
25 June 2015
Tax collection growth slows
Tax collection growth slowed in April on the back of a decline in income tax receipts for the first time since fiscal 2007-08.
23 June 2015
Digitisation gets a boost
The government has moved a step closer to its Digital Bangladesh vision by connecting public offices in Dhaka with district and
23 June 2015
Brac records robust growth in microloans
Brac's microcredit disbursement among the poor grew 28 percent year-on-year in 2014.
23 June 2015