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The majority of the country’s large business firms are facing problems in filing value-added tax returns online due to limitations of the VAT Online System of the National Board of Revenue.

Boosting stocks by providing an incentive of making loans available is not a sustainable way for reviving investors’ confidence, rather, it might lead to the creation of further risks for the banking sector, said experts on the matter.

Bangladesh backtracks from its ambitious economic growth target as it takes a ‘conservative approach’ amid possible local and global shocks, analysts have said.

The government’s target to create 1.13 crore new jobs in the next five years does pose a significant challenge, despite the country’s high economic growth rate,

The Bank of Japan’s negative interest rate policy has had little positive impact on the economy and prices, over half of economists surveyed by Reuters said.

Seven business groups and one leading non-governmental organisation were crowned at the inaugural HSBC Business Excellence Awards for their role in promoting the country and contributing to the sustainable growth of the economy.

The fund disbursement for 31 projects under the 41st Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in nine months was only 42 per cent of the target which Japanese officials termed as unsatisfactory.

The country’s top bank executives evinced on Tuesday their grave concern over the 6.0 per cent interest rate on bank deposits as they believe such a poor rate will be “challenging” for mobilising funds from the public.

People’s voracious appetite for shopping and consuming food and beverage from the convenience of one’s home is giving oversize boost to logistics companies, with as many as one lakh deliveries taking place a day.

State-Owned Pabna Sugar Mill, which has yet to see profits since its establishment in the mid-90s, started this season’s production last month with a debt of Tk 575 crore.