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Women entrepreneurs are playing a vital role in keeping Bangladesh’s digital commerce segment buoyant using their skills and resilience, giving a much-needed fillip to a sector reeling under crisis because of plummeting sales, scams and unprecedented inflation. Overcoming many odds, thousands of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh who started their businesses …

Bangladesh Bank has been identifying non-performing loans as a major challenge to obtain its monetary policy objectives in its monetary policy statements. No Respite in NPL Growth But there is no respite in high growth of bad loans which undermined the key BB policy aiming at infusing dynamisms in the …

Prices of protein items are soaring past the purchasing capacity of the middle-class due to price hikes of the items in the local market ahead of Ramadan that will begin from the third week of the current month. Price Hike of Broiler Chicken The country’s burgeoning middle-class is forced to …

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia who’s been conspicuously absent from active politics since her parole even as the country hurtles towards the election, has found herself at the centre of a political debate. Her eligibility to actively participate in political activities — given the fact that she’s on parole — is …

Leaders of the country’s two leading chambers on Wednesday proposed that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) allow gradual transition to a cashless economy, as non-cash payments are still not widely practiced. They said that companies were unable to enjoy reduced corporate tax rates in the present context due to …

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Wednesday approved Tk 227,566.09-crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY23), cutting Tk 18,500 crore from the allocation of foreign sources portion in the original ADP outlay. Out of the total RADP allocation, Tk 153,066.09 crore will be drawn from …

The prices of all kinds of chicken, meat, egg, and fish increased while vegetables and other essential commodity prices remained stable at a higher price in the kitchen market in the capital on Friday. People of limited income groups and job holders are frustrated and back home with half of …

The collection of government tax revenues continued to grow at below-average rate in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2022-23, compared to that of the corresponding period of the last fiscal. The slow growth is reflected in the government’s belt-tightening measures and erosion of income of …

The price of broiler chicken continued to rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka while other commodities remained pricey ahead of Ramadan, fasting month of the Muslims that is likely to start in the last week of March. This year businesses started increasing prices of essential commodities three …

The government is mulling whether to resume operations at five Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) airports to facilitate domestic travel considering the improved living standard of people in Bangladesh, according to Mahbub Ali, the state minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. He made these comments at a seminar on “capacity …