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Bangladesh's gross domestic product may contract by as much as 1.1 per cent in the hypothetical worst-case scenario of a significant outbreak of coronavirus in the country, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in an analysis. That means, the novel virus, which is yet to arrive in...

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh made Tk 173.7 crore in profits in 2019, a 56-per cent jump compared with the previous year’s earnings, mainly due to the reduction in financial costs after the merger. Lafarge Surma Cement Limited and Holcim Cement (Bangladesh) Limited completed their Tk 504.78 crore merger in...

There is nothing to be worried about preferential treatment of Bangladesh in the European Union even after the country's graduation from LDC (least developed country) status in 2024, a German diplomat said in Dhaka on Wednesday. "The EU has offered to extend preferential market access for an...

The volume of lending by banks and financial institutions, or FIs, to the real estate sector has started rising in recent years in a sign of the industry's recovery, people familiar with the development said. Bankers have attributed such a rise to the growing demand for...

Export earnings in February edged down 1.80 per cent year-on-year to $3.32 billion mainly because of a slowdown in apparel shipment, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). The February earning is also 10.74 per cent short of the $3.72 billion target set for the...

দেশের ব্যাংকিং খাত নিয়ে নানামুখী আলোচনার মধ্যে এবার ইস্যুটি নিয়ে কথা বলেছে ব্যবসায়ী ও শিল্পোদ্যোক্তাদের প্রভাবশালী সংগঠন মেট্রোপলিটন চেম্বার অব কমার্স অ্যান্ড ইন্ডাস্ট্রি (এমসিসিআই)। ব্যাংকিং খাতকে ‘ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ’ আখ্যা দিয়ে এই চ্যালেঞ্জ যথাযথভাবে মোকাবিলার তাগিদ দিয়েছে। সার্বিকভাবে অর্থনীতির কিছু সূচক ইতিবাচক হলেও অন্তত আটটি চ্যালেঞ্জ দেখছে এমসিসিসিআই। এসব...

Food inflation fell to a 42-month low of 4.97 per cent in February, helped by easing off pressures on some items such as rice and onions in recent months, official figures showed yesterday. As a result, overall inflation dropped to a 12-month low of 5.46 per cent...

রাঙ্গামাটি, খাগড়াছড়ি ও বান্দরবান—এ তিন পার্বত্য জেলায় অন্তত পাঁচ লাখ হেক্টর জমি অনাবাদি হিসেবে পড়ে রয়েছে। এর মধ্যে দুই লাখ হেক্টর জমিতে কাজুবাদাম আবাদ করলে বছরে ১০০ কোটি ডলারের বেশি আয় করা সম্ভব, বাংলাদেশী মুদ্রায় যা প্রায় ৯ হাজার কোটি টাকা। পাশাপাশি পাহাড়ি জমিতে আবাদ করা যেতে...

Local electronics giant Walton is set to flag off the country's first lift manufacturing plant, in a display of Bangladesh's growing industrial prowess. The plant established at a cost of Tk 50 crore at the Walton Hi-Tech Industries (WHIL) at Chandra, Gazipur has begun test production. "We...

The authorities are planning to scale back tax exemptions for sectors like ICT, power, charity and fisheries in the upcoming budget after flagrant abuse. The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has uncovered the evidence of abuse in the blanket tax waiver facility offered to a number of "priority" sectors. The...