The Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have decided to allow stock market investors to trade government’s treasury bonds through their beneficiary owners’ accounts opened with brokerage houses.
Read More »Trading at SME board kicks off
A long demanded stock trading board for small and medium enterprises kicked off today at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges.
Read More »Ctg port’s container handling sees 25.69pc growth
The Chittagong port has handled 2,57,421 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers in the month of May, 2021, which is apparently 25.69 percent higher than the same period of the preceding year, according to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
Read More »BGMEA seeks central bank support to address Covid-19 challenges
A delegation of the BGMEA led by its president had a meeting with Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir at the central bank on Sunday afternoon
Read More »BB relaxes foreign exchange regulations for trade transactions
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed foreign exchange regulations to facilitate trade transactions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Policy relaxation for exporters extended till Dec
The Bangladesh Bank on Monday said that the existing policy relaxation would remain effective till December 31, 2021 instead of June 30, 2021 to support export business amid the Covid-outrbeak fallout.
Read More »Government moves to streamline renewable energy policy
The country’s renewable energy regulator has moved to revise the decade-old renewable energy policy to streamline it with the present situation and demand, officials said.
Read More »Tax holiday to boost local manufacturing of automobiles
The 20-year tax-exemption support announced in the proposed budget will definitely take Bangladesh’s growing automobile industry to an impressive stage and promote local manufacturing, according to industry insiders.
Read More »11 banks face huge capital shortfall
Eleven banks faced a capital shortfall of Tk 24,783 crore in the first quarter of 2021, which highlighted the fragile health of the lenders.
Read More »Stocks end post-budget session marginally lower
Stocks ended marginally lower on Sunday, the first session after unveiling the national budget, as investors reacted mixed to the proposed budget.
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