The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in Bangladesh, once known solely for voice-based customer service and back-office support, is cautiously but steadily embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to stay relevant in an evolving global market...This shift was evident at the r

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has defended the interim government’s conservative budget strategy, pushing back against economists’ criticism that it follows an “old road”..“A highway is born out of the old road. Every new highway begins as a rural path,” Ahmed said yesterday, after the

Lower tax benefit only for firms offloading minimum 10% shares via IPO or direct listing

Now it is 10%, down from 15%

If business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in Bangladesh fail to adopt technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models, they will fall behind in global competition, experts warned yesterday..“Technological advancement in the past two years has su

This time, they will observe the strike for three hours beginning at 9 am on June 23

Chartered accountants yesterday described the claims by cost and management accountants regarding audit rights as “misleading and unprofessional.”..At a press conference in Dhaka, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) rejected the allegations made by the Institu

The draft has already been sent to the task force committee

A committee formed to conduct the polls of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for the 2025–2027 term yesterday announced that voting would be held on September 7.

Garment exports to non-traditional markets grew 6.79 percent year-on-year to $6.04 billion in the July-May period of the outgoing fiscal year, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau compiled by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Small-scale footwear manufacturers have urged the interim government to exempt low-cost rubber and plastic footwear, priced at or below Tk 150, from the 15 percent value-added tax (VAT).

A delegation from the Dhaka Chamber today attended a meeting with the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka in Colombo

Iran may shut down the route through which Bangladesh’s fuel supplying nations move ships

Google Pay is set to be launched in Bangladesh by the middle of next week, ushering in a new era of seamless digital transactions for consumers.

He says at a press briefing at the ERF

Chattogram port has set a new record for container handling, surpassing last year's total even before the current fiscal year ends in June, according to a statement by the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) yesterday.

The interim government has planned to nearly double its public food storage capacity to 37 lakh tonnes in the next fiscal year.

Overall imports by the USA from the world also increased by 10.65% in the period

The depositors of the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) have urged the Bangladesh Bank to intervene so they can recover their money.

Disbursement of agricultural credit by scheduled banks surged significantly month-on-month in April, although it was slightly lower than that in the corresponding period of last year..According to a report by the Bangladesh Bank, banks disbursed a total of Tk 3,239 crore in agricultural lo