All over the world, strict actions are taken against loan defaulters, with many countries imposing travel bans and seeking legal recourse. In Bangladesh, however, defaulters get mega-discounts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday instructed the commerce ministry to correct the mismatch in export data in reports prepared by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The government has published rules stating where and how pension funds will be invested so that the National Pension Authority (NPA) can produce better returns at lower risks, a move that will ease its repayment burden.

It will showcase latest technological advancements and exchange knowledge

55 global venture capitalists and other investors will join the event

The NBR's collection target for the current fiscal year is Tk 480,000 crore, which is about 17 percent more than the previous fiscal year.

The premier bourse fell for the third consecutive day

Turnover slumped 48.9 percent year-on-year to $23.6 billion in 2022-23, the central bank said in its Monetary Policy Review 2023-24 published last week.

The unit will work under the Finance Division

The government does not have adequate taka and US dollars to implement the budget because of financial distress and its failure to raise enough revenues, said Ahsan H Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, yesterday.

Free trade agreements (FTA) are made between countries to lower trade barriers through little to zero government tariffs or subsidies and other means.

Bangladesh is set to include online economic activities of firms and households in its new census this year to cover all sectors of the country, a move that is expected to present data about the size of the expanding digital economy.

There was an expectation that investment inflows from China to Bangladesh would increase substantially following the Covid-19 pandemic as investors in China were looking for an alternative manufacturing hub.

The Bimstec FTA should be concluded within a year, they opined

The executive director of PRI Bangladesh says at ERF event

Rifat Garments Ltd will be given Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Export Trophy

Internet connectivity in Bangladesh will face partial disruption for 12 hours from this morning because of maintenance of 1st submarine cable, said Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC) in a press release.

High-quality cancer drugs are produced in Bangladesh. Oncologists and physicians are also available. However, the country is lagging in putting in place an adequate number of full-fledged facilities to treat patients suffering from such diseases.

The pharmaceutical sector of Bangladesh has achieved many milestones over the past 14 years. Not only do local companies now meet 90 percent of the country’s demand for medicines, but the products are also exported to around 150 countries, fetching hundreds of millions of dollars.

There needs to be a multifaceted approach to address the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), said State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak..AI should be used to close the gap on digital divides and empower society, rather than worsen existing inequalities, h