Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has been honoured with the silver award in the General Banking category at the 12th ICSB National Award for its excellence in corporate governance..Lutfey Siddiqi, special envoy on international affairs to the chief adviser, handed over the award to Ali Reza Iftekhar

Last year, the company’s profits grew by 8 percent year-on-year to Tk 65 crore

ADP expenditure reached Tk 28,043 crore during July-November of fiscal year 2025-26

Falling spot prices, weak demand in Asia prompt Dhaka to look beyond its initial import plan

Bangladesh remains heavily dependent on imports for sugar, palm oil, soybean oil and wheat

The commerce ministry is gearing up to take action against traders accused of cheating consumers through false declarations of goods, particularly garments, ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr shopping season.

A significant shift has occurred in the role of tax returns

Port officials and users attribute the decline to worsening navigability in the 75 km-long Rabnabad channel.

It comes with new Bangla font Julai

The winning companies were selected out of 181 firms that participated in the competition

Seed planting in major potato-producing districts was largely completed by November 30

Bangladesh’s import bill is growing faster than its export earnings, widening the current account deficit and putting renewed pressure on the country’s external finances.

Payments consumed almost half of the national budget

Two or three more meetings can take place before elections: finance adviser

Pure Food Court-2 of Dhaka passed the order

NEIR was scheduled to be implemented on December 16 this year

Khan said mobile phone manufacturers met him earlier in the day and expressed concern over possible tax reductions

So far in the current FY26, BB has bought $2.80 billion

Bangladesh's tax-to-GDP ratio has fallen to around 7 percent

For many in Bangladesh, tax compliance is not just a financial burden but an administrative one