Bangladesh

Agro products exports have registered strong growth in recent times, hitting the $1 billion mark in FY21, buoyed by an increased consumption of processed food as consumers holed up at homes globally during the pandemic. The sector is now striding towards gaining a strong...

Urging foreign investors to invest heavily in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam said that this is the high time to invest in Bangladesh as Bangladesh is in a wonderful place geographically, Bangladesh’s GDP growth is increasing despite the outbreak of Coronavirus...

From the barrel to the pump and subsequently to the consumers as a whole, the Covid-19 has started creating a domino effect. Due to an all-out countrywide shutdown since July 23 to contain the spread of coronavirus, industries, public transport and the like run...

Bangladesh wants to partner with the US private sector in the research and development of uninterrupted and affordable renewable energy sources. Speaking at an ‘Energy Roundtable’ organized by the US-Bangladesh Business Council (USBBC) in Washington, DC on Thursday, PM’s Adviser for Power, Energy and...

The World Bank has acknowledged Bangladesh’s remarkable economic development and growth, and reassured the global lender's continued support for this country's prosperity. Private Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister, Salman Fazlur Rahman, met with World Bank’s Managing Director (Operations) Axel van Trotsenburg...

Bangladesh Bank has recently stated that ownership, protection or transaction of cryptocurrency is not a crime. The Foreign Monetary Policy Division of Bangladesh Bank has expressed this opinion in a letter sent to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police.

The National Board of Revenue is going to introduce a new system online from September 1 and taxpayers would be able to submit their income tax returns from mobile phones through this platform. The taxpayers would be able to submit their tax returns for...

Bangladesh is gearing up to tap into the highly potential electric vehicles (EV) market to generate employment and cut carbon emission. The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has set up an electric vehicle manufacturing plant on 100 acres of land at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib...

From now on, the chief executive officer (CEO) of any financial institution has to take permission of the Bangladesh Bank before leaving the country.  Bangladesh Bank in a circular on Monday made this mandatory provision. Earlier, a similar provision was made for the CEOs...

Iced tea can at times be among the simplest of refreshments. The category conjures up images of a tall, cool ice-filled glass of sweet (or not-so-sweet) drink. But as ready-to-drink tea sales rebound from pandemic challenges, the market for traditional-styled products remains crowded and dominated by a...