International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the government to rationalise the existing tariff structure by reducing various types of para and non-tariff barriers to improve competitiveness of domestic industries. 

Six loss-making sugar mills owned by the state were shuttered in 2020 so that they may undergo modernisation and eventually become commercially viable once again.

She took advance payment from customers luring them with hefty discounts and then purchased a plot and flat with over Tk 9 crore. Her relatives also purchased property with the customers’ money. 

The Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the age limit for job-seekers in the banking sector due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the recruitment process. 

People’s income has not increased the same way inflation has risen in the country, Planning Minister MA Mannan said yesterday.

The stock markets rose yesterday on the back of a regulator’s decision to allow investors to buy shares on the same day a cheque is deposited with brokerage houses and fresh bets from some big individual investors despite weaker remittance and export data.   

Zaheen Spinning Limited incurred a loss of Tk 14.57 crore in the year that ended on June 30, extending its losses to three years.  

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) secured a massive jump in profits in fiscal year 2021-22, following which it now plans to buy four ships for the smooth sailing of the business momentum into the future.

Migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshi will get Tk 107 per US dollar for sending the greenback through banks and exchange houses, according to a decision of the Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association (Bafeda) early this week.

Sonali Bank and the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) have inked an agreement to collect fees and charges payable by expatriates through the former’s gateway. 

The 4th edition of a Global Lift and Escalator Expo-2022 begins at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka today. 

Exim Bank has won a “2022 US Dollar Clearing Elite Quality Recognition” award from the JPMorgan Chase and Company. 

The growth of garment shipment from Bangladesh halved in July-October compared to a year ago while the earnings from a number of major sectors declined -- all because of higher inflation in Europe owing to the Russia-Ukraine war. 

Trust Bank and Hyderabad-based Yashoda Hospitals signed a memorandum of understanding recently on providing benefits, including discounts, to the lender’s cardholders on availing medical services. 

Europe needs its industrial companies to save energy amid soaring costs and shrinking supplies, and they are delivering - demand for natural gas and electricity both fell in the past quarter.

Germany on Wednesday put the finishing touches on an energy price cap, the cornerstone of a massive 200-billion-euro ($198-billion) package to shield households and businesses from rising costs.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) have recently announced the launch of the Standard Chartered-IBA Innovation Challenge.

The commerce ministry has asked Evaly to stop selling gift cards on discount to promote the company’s products, said a senior official of the ministry yesterday.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) have recently announced the launch of the Standard Chartered-IBA Innovation Challenge.

Income of people did not increase keeping pace with inflation in Bangladesh, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.