The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel trade publication of the country, will organise its first-ever job and career fair in Dhaka.

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) has urged the budget planners to employ all possible ways to reduce the inequality related to wealth, income, health, and education.

About 20 tonnes of soybean oil and 10 tonnes of chickpeas were damaged when a fire broke out at a warehouse of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Tuesday.

Apparel exporters have sought a host of tax benefits, including bringing down the tax deducted at source and withdrawing income tax levied on cash incentives in the upcoming fiscal year, in a bid to help the garment industry deal with the current economic stress.

The disappearance of cash – and the world’s eventual adoption of digital payments – is a concept that has been around ever since electronic fund transfers were conceived in the 1960s

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has announced that it would sell sugar at Tk 60 a kilogramme to one crore family cardholders during Ramadan.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has urged the government to reduce the duties and taxes, both at import and domestic levels, on essential commodities in order to provide some respite to consumers with low and limited income amid higher inflation.

Sales will begin tomorrow

Brac Bank has set this unique example on the eve of International Women's Day by appointing an all-women sales team.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today urged the government to reduce the duties and taxes, both at import and domestic levels, on essential commodities in order to provide some respite to consumers with low and limited income amid higher inflation.

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) today urged the budget planners to employ all possible ways to reduce the inequality related to wealth, income, health, and education.

The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) today urged the government to cut the tax deducted at source and continue the existing corporate tax rate for another five years.

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) today sought the scope to import all types of fibres, including recycled and manmade, in the upcoming fiscal year of 2023-24 without paying any duty and other taxes and any non-tariff barriers.

Apparel exporters today sought a host of tax benefits, including bringing down the tax deducted at source and withdrawing income tax levied on cash incentives in the upcoming fiscal year, in a bid to help the garment industry deal with the current economic stress.

Huge quantities of dried fish are produced each year in Charfesson and Manpura upazilas of Bhola, where at least 10,000 marginalised people are involved in this business worth around Tk 100 crore annually.

The key indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges rose slightly today.

Although the number of mobile financial service (MFS) accounts has grown in Bangladesh, the ratio of accounts held by women is falling, which, analysts say, is not desirable as increased participation of female is necessary for digital financial inclusion and gender equality.

Many women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh need to be trained so that they can use modern technologies at ease with a view to helping their businesses tap their full potential, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Sheikh Bashir Uddin, former managing director of Akij Group, has begun a new journey in the name of Akij Bashir Group targeting to deliver products of impeccable quality, upholding the high standards associated with the legacy of the Akij name.

Women entrepreneurs are playing a vital role in keeping Bangladesh’s digital commerce segment buoyant using their skills and resilience, giving a much-needed fillip to a sector reeling under crisis because of plummeting sales, scams and unprecedented inflation.