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Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday recommended raising the tax-free income threshold level from Tk 250,000 to Tk 350,000 and not keeping the provision of black money whitening facility in the national budget for 2020-‘21 fiscal year.

According to the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), around 100,000 Bangladeshis were waiting to go abroad With the Covid-19 pandemic halting overseas migration and depriving expatriate workers of their income for the last two months, the flow of remittance has been low in recent times. However, experts believe …

Agent banking will play a greater role in implementing the stimulus packages unveiled by the government as the outlets have footprints in Bangladesh’s remotest parts where banks have barely set their foot in, bankers and experts said yesterday.

Business leaders requested the government to amend the circular of Bangladesh Bank and correctly define the provisions on incentives

At several points, they blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway Workers of at least five apparel factories on Wednesday protested to demand their due wages and express their worries over a lack of safety measures and more at Mouchak, Kunia, Board Bazar and Signboard areas of Gazipur.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged countries to invest in getting their healthcare systems fit to fight the next pandemic rather than scrambling around in panic when it hits.

China’s exports saw a shock 3.5 percent rise in April despite the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Thursday, but analysts warned of weakness ahead as key markets suffer downturns.

The Philippine economy contracted for the first time in more than two decades during the first quarter, but officials warned Thursday that the worst was likely yet to come as the nation reels from the coronavirus pandemic.

After 11 years, the outlay of the Annual Development Programme, or ADP, could almost flatten as revenue income fell in the aftermath of coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Tuesday.

The government is gunning for an 8.5 per cent GDP growth next fiscal year in the hope the economy would be springing back to a higher expansion trajectory once the coronavirus outbreak has been quelled.