Business

Online video streaming has taken over our life. The ubiquity of handheld devices, access to the internet, consistent push from platforms like Google, Facebook, and digital media platforms, video consumption has shot up in the last decade. Today’s entertainment can be defined by: endless choices, global, and...

The coronavirus pandemic seems to have failed to create obstacles for certain big business initiatives taken by ambitious entrepreneurs, who are always on the lookout for ways to take their firms to the next level. Such is the case with Sojitz Corporation and Energypac, who managed to...

Bangladesh needs to reconsider the time it planned to take to graduate from a least developed country (LDC) to a developing one as the coronavirus pandemic has severely affected the economy, said United Nations (UN) high-ups and economists yesterday. Although almost all economic indicators were performing strong...

It is not very likely that the world will be the same place ever again. Many new skills and mind-sets will be needed to survive and flourish in the new post-pandemic future.  The new normal has pushed the entire paradigm to a new level. Students are opting...

Businesses are worried that some proposed changes in the value-added tax (VAT) law will increase their costs and discourage them from seeking justice against inflated revenue claims by field officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). One of the changes is that the deposit needed for...

Startup and IT-enabled ventures have a significant role to play in coming days and they need supports to survive the ongoing crisis and other challenges before that. Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) on Sunday urged incentives, policy support, and better financing for the...

নতুন অর্থবছরের (২০২০-২১) প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটে কালো টাকা সাদা করার সুযোগ দেয়া এবং বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক থেকে ভালো ঋণগ্রহীতাদের প্রণোদনা তুলে নেয়ার সমালোচনা করে মেট্রোপলিটান চেম্বার অব কমার্স অ্যান্ড ইন্ডাস্ট্রিজের (এমসিসিআই) সভাপতি নিহাদ কবির বলেছেন, মনে হচ্ছে দেশে ভলো ব্যবসায়ী হওয়া ভালো নয়। এ সময় পুঁজিবাজারের...

The Government of China has given 97 percent duty free access to a listed number of Bangladeshi products in the Chinese market. Bangladesh will enjoy this duty holiday from July 1, according to a press release of Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued today. According to...

The mobile telephone operators in the country lost 24 lakh of subscribers in April amid a worldwide economic slowdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.  In March, the number of total subscribers was 165.337 million, which dropped to 162.920 million at the end of...