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The National Board of Revenue has formulated customs rules to facilitate the movement of Indian goods via Bangladesh to northeast India and other countries under the transit and transhipment deal signed by New Delhi and Dhaka.    

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) and Dream71 Bangladesh Limited today inked a deal to make an e-commerce platform for online market.

SME foundation has given priority to women and set a target of at least 30% loan disbursement for them from the second incentive package

The overall progress of the 1200-megawatt Matarbari coal-fired power plant project is now around 42 percent while the implementation of Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contract are around 52.11 percent.

The prices of rice, edible oil and onion went up in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending on Friday.

The capital machinery import has declined notably in recent months, reflecting the negative impact the Covid-19 is having on the country’s economy, analysts said on Friday.

The government is planning to offer a 10-year tax exemption for agricultural machinery manufacturing in order to encourage investment and support farmers’ growing appetite for machines to increase productivity and cut labour-shortage induced higher production costs.

If approved, it would be the fourth hike in less than six months of 2021

upay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Land facilitating the citizens of Bangladesh to pay different land related fees through upay.  Sydul Haque Khandker and Pradip Kumar Das, Additional Secretary (Development) of the Land Ministry signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.

The market opened sharply higher on Thursday as investors continued to make fresh bets on major sector stocks amid high expectations.