The Bangladesh Jewellers Samity (Bajus) has urged the buyers to check the hallmark on gold jewelleries to be confirm about their quality before purchasing those.

The government will broaden its social safety net programmes in the upcoming national budget to continue support to the country’s marginalised population, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.

They also proposed reducing the corporate income tax by 10 percentage points to 20 per cent for businesses owned by women.

Bhutan wants Bangladesh to make 2017’s transit route deal functional soon so that the landlocked country can use Mongla and Banglabandha ports to carry goods from and to Bangladesh through India.

Stocks continued to rise today for the fifth consecutive day.

The stock market in Bangladesh continued its gaining streak for five consecutive days today.

Stocks and bonds struggled in Asia on Wednesday while the US dollar rose as investors worried about inflation and the hit that containing it with rate rises will bring to global growth.

Litchi growers and traders in northern districts such as Dinajpur are expecting good profits this season following two years of pandemic-induced losses as they are getting better prices for their produce with the market having gained momentum over the past two weeks.

In the wake of a foreign currency crisis in the country three recent steps of the government that drew wide appreciation are the travel restrictions for government officials (Finance Division, May 12), lifting of source declaration requirement for over Tk 5 lakh remittance (Bangladesh Bank, May 23) and imposition of additional duty on 68 various importable items (National Board of Revenue, May 24). While we fashionably go against the government on every possible issue on social media, these three rather attracted profuse praise with the first one, cessation of foreign tours, causing hysteria.

A lack of compliance is preventing the leather sector in Bangladesh from tapping its potential and expanding its footprint in the international market despite the availability of raw materials locally.

E-commerce purchases through cards bounced back in March as the total transaction value crossed Tk 900 crore for the first time since July last year, when a number of scams were unearthed in the sector.

Bangladesh is set to get its first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in three months which would give a new product to investors and contribute to stabilising the stock market.

Amid a US dollar crunch in the domestic market, many banks failed to comply with the exchange rates set by Bangladesh Bank a couple of days ago. 

Turnover at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped 23 per cent yesterday as several stocks failed to attract buyers with the circuit breaker’s lower limit fixed at 2 per cent. 

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been left with a target of collecting Tk 102,244 crore in the last two months of the ongoing fiscal year as it logged 69 per cent of its overall target until April.

The country’s apex trade body yesterday urged the Bangladesh Bank to take steps so that existing borrowers are not classified as defaulters until December this year.

The country’s apex trade body today urged the Bangladesh Bank to take steps so that existing borrowers are not classified as defaulters until December this year.

The company will manufacture and sell generic pharmaceutical medicine in Kenya and East African Community (EAC).

Bangladesh is set to get its first ever exchange-traded fund (ETF) within three months that will give a new product to investors and contribute to stabilise the stock market.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped 23 per cent today, but the index experienced a slight rise from the previous day.