State-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential commodities at subsidised rates from today to one crore family cardholders.

Partnership firms, registering more than Tk 2 crore in annual turnover, are expected to require the submission of an audited financial statement along with returns as the tax authority seeks to include the provision in the new income tax bill. 

Agricultural mechanisation has increased in Bangladesh. But it is mostly limited to some crops grown in large areas such as rice and there is a need to push for its expansion in horticulture, aquaculture and dairy farming. 

All indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses fell yesterday.

HBL has appointed Parul Das as its new chief financial officer (CFO) for Bangladesh.

Prime Bank Ltd has recently partnered with Jatri Service Limited, a transportation service in Dhaka.

Oil prices fell on Monday ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting as investors tried to gauge its appetite for further rate hikes and amid concerns about the prospects for Chinese demand and rising Russian supply.

Mutual Trust Bank Limited has launched an app named “M Auto Lead” to accelerate digital transformation for auto vendors.

Sadia Rayen Ahmed was elected as the chairman of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited yesterday.

Transcom Digital, a partner of Japanese electronics company Arcelik, has launched a new series of Hitachi washing machines. 

The customs duty (CD) on clinker, the main raw material for cement, has been increased from Tk 500 per tonne to Tk 700 in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, leaving manufacturers disappointed.

The proposed budget of Tk 7,61,785 crore (17 per cent of GDP) with a deficit of Tk 2,61,785 crore (5.2 per cent of GDP) has been presented to the country.

Six financial institutions will give the loans

Sugar, lentil will be Tk 70 a kg, soybean oil Tk 100 a litre

New World Bank President Ajay Banga says

The DSEX, benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), lost 30 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 6,310.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), gained 3 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 6,345 at 11:10 am.

Sales of sacrificial animals have yet to reach levels deemed satisfactory to farmers ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, raising concerns of further losses for those rearing them in Pabna and Sirajganj. 

Cigarette makers are expected to face higher taxes on their gross receipts from the next fiscal year as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) seeks to collect more taxes and discourage the health-hazardous business.

The draft Income Tax Bill 2023 has delivered bad news for big investors of mutual funds though it has retained all benefits for stock investors, including the capital gains tax.