Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has signed an agreement with Divine IT Limited and Giga Tech Limited (JV) to implement uniform accounting software for all companies in the sector of gas. The agreement was signed at Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Office in the capital on May 23, 2021.
Read More »Budget FY22: Agriculture, health to get priority
It will be budget for the people, says agriculture minister
Read More »Nat. budget for FY 22 should focus more on equity, protecting jobs, saving lives; CPD
The national budget for 2021-2022 Fiscal Year (FY) should focus more on equity, redistributive justice, protecting jobs, saving lives, and less on economic growth, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Read More »Prioritizing employment generation a must
This requires increasing decentralized government projects and focusing on the desired development of the private sector and SMEs
Read More »Revenue collections set to miss target for FY21
The National Board of Revenue is set to miss its revenue collection target in the outgoing fiscal year 2020-2021 despite a moderate growth in collection in the first 10 months of the year due mainly to the Covid outbreak-induced sluggish economic activities and an ambitious target set for the year.
Read More »July-April trade deficit widens
The country’s trade deficit rose by 21.12 per cent or $3.1 billion year-on-year in the July-April period of the current fiscal year 2020-21 amid a higher import payment growth against export earnings.
Read More »Prices of essential commodities go up for extended lockdown
The Commerce Ministry claims that it has approved the price hike after reviewing the international edible oil market price
Read More »BEZA, BEPZA to make $4.5b investment
A development agreement was signed between Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) and Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to set up a ‘BEPZA Economic Zone’ in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar (BSMSN).
Read More »Amazon, Google register with NBR for VAT payment
Tech giants Google and Amazon acquired Business Identification Number from the National Board of Revenue last week to run their business in Bangladesh while ensuring value added tax compliance.
Read More »Banks to serve customers till 3:00pm
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday extended the bank transaction hours by half an hour till 3:00pm for the extended period of Covid restrictions.
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