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Consumption protection and employment promotion should be the dual priorities of the upcoming national budget during the Covid-19 pandemic, said renowned economist and public policy analyst Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya.

Mobile sales of fisheries and livestock products have reached more than Tk 2.04 billion in the past month until May 04 during the coronavirus lockdown.

The VAT Online Project of the National Board of Revenue has sought feedback from field-level offices on the efficacy of the automated VAT system as part of making assessments about the applicability of the system.

The prices of chicken, edible oil and suger went up in kitchen markets in the capital over the week ending on Friday.

The government will procure a total of 3.60 lakh metric tons of MOP, TSP and granular urea fertilizer alongside purchasing 67.20 lakh MMBtu LNG to meet the growing demand.

Stock trading can continue until 1:30 pm

A number of unemployed educated youths have changed their fortune by farming Calombo Lemon in the high lands of Shibpur, Belabo, Monohardi and Raipura upazilas of Narsingdi district in the last ten years.

The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday extended the banking transaction period to four hours for the extended period of movement restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festivals of Muslims.

BENAPOLE: Benapole Customs House has opened a new software called ‘Becom’ aimed at making import-export trade dynamic, preventing revenue evasion and restoring transparency in taxes.

Income inequality worsened in the country as the share of the bottom half of the population in household income dropped amid the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a household survey report.