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ব্যবসা ভালো যাচ্ছে না দেশের বড় করপোরেট প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর। চলতি ২০১৯-২০ হিসাব বছরের প্রথমার্ধে (জুলাই-ডিসেম্বর) শেয়ারবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত উৎপাদন ও সেবা খাতের বড় করপোরেটগুলোর প্রায় সবারই রাজস্ব আয় কমেছে। এর প্রভাবে কমেছে প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর কর-পরবর্তী মুনাফাও। বেসরকারি খাতের শ্লথগতির পাশাপাশি নানা কারণে এসব প্রতিষ্ঠানের ব্যবসা ভালো হয়নি বলে জানিয়েছেন খাতসংশ্লিষ্টরা।

পণ্য বাণিজ্যে ঘাটতি বাড়ছে।আমদানি ব্যয় কমার পরও রপ্তানি আয়ে বড় ধাক্কার কারণে এই ঘাটতি বাড়ছে বলে মনে করছেন অর্থনীতির গবেষক আহসান এইচ মনসুর। বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক মঙ্গলবার বৈদেশিক লেনদেনের চলতি হিসাবের ভারসাম্যের (ব্যালান্স অফ পেমেন্ট) হালনাগাদ যে তথ্য প্রকাশ করেছে তাতে দেখা যায়,...

The government should facilitate easy access to bonded warehouse licence for the other sectors like the readymade garment sector and ensure similar treatment to these sectors, experts and traders said on Monday. Although there is no bar to getting the bonded warehouse licence for non-RMG exporters, practically...

German Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Fahrenholtz on Monday has said that Bangladesh requires better-trained manpower as it grows. He also stressed on more investment in the country and laid emphasis on an increased exchange of students, researchers and scientists between Dhaka and Berlin, reports UNB. "We want...

A nexus between political elites and their business counterparts is influencing policy-making process, experts said on Monday. They said this stands in the way of equal distribution of economic development for all. Given the situation, they suggested strengthening institutional capacity, which can help ensure an inclusive economic...

Parachute Coconut Oil: one product by which Indian fast-moving consumer goods brand is almost synonymous with. So much that almost 70 per cent of Marico Bangladesh’s revenue came from this product alone, according to its latest annual report. The problem with such heavy dependency on one product...

The US is offering favourable terms to hook foreign companies towards its agricultural produce as part of the Trump Administration’s push to increase exports. An increasing number of American farmers struggled to make ends meet in 2019 as trade tensions added to a range of growing challenges...

The government will provide 15 per cent cash subsidy to rice exporters for the first time in the country’s history with the view to encouraging shipment of the surplus grain. Millers, who process rice from locally grown paddy, will be eligible for the cash subsidy on their...

Collection of tax revenue by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) fell short of the target by Tk 315.08 billion in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, due to sluggish economic activities, including import slowdown, tax officials said. Three wings NBR --...

A new era is dawning in the manufacturing industry as local companies are putting their best foot forward towards building a ‘Made in Bangladesh’ brand. One such brand is Symphony, which is going neck and neck with foreign companies to grab a bigger pie of the smartphone market that was dominated...