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The commerce ministry has requested the revenue authority to cut the value-added tax on edible oil and slash tariff on raw sugar imports to keep their prices stable during upcoming Ramadan when demand soars.

Grameenphone has taken delivery of huge volumes of network equipment without obtaining the approval of the telecom regulator — a move that has run into a grey area on the legal front.

Regent Airways, which is now operating with just two aircraft, yesterday vowed to bounce back from its current predicament by adding four more aircraft to its fleet,

Businesses and bankers often blame political instability for sliding private sector credit growth.

Square Pharmaceuticals. The name itself rouses reliability. So it is natural to assume that its stock will be a safe option for retail investors.

It’s deja vu all over again. On June 21, 2018, Bangladesh Association of Bankers (BAB), a platform of private banks’ owners, agreed to cap the interest rate on deposits at 6 percent and the lending rate at 9 percent from July 1, 2018.

Banking stocks took a punch yesterday as investors reacted violently with the government move to fix the interest rates for lending and savings at 9 percent and 6 percent respectively, effectively clipping the lenders’ ability to log in profits.

The country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector went through ups and downs last year, prompting industry insiders to seek immediate policy support to tackle the challenges still ahead of them.

Kenyan tea. Photo: PixabayIn a humming factory in Kenya’s highlands, tea is hand-plucked from the fields, cured and shredded into the fine leaves that have sated drinkers from London to Lahore for generations.

Optimism to turn the tide in his favour had preoccupied the mind of Bimal Krishna Biswas as 2018 drew to a close.