According to the Jeebon Jibika Bachao Committee around 650 trucks travel between Bangladesh and India every day for import-export
Read More »ICCB describes Padma Bridge as great achievement for Bangladesh
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has described implementaiton of Padma Bridge project as the great achievement for Bangladesh.
Read More »Placement shares to be part of IPO
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to allow companies intending to raise capital through initial public offering to keep 15 per cent of IPO shares and sell them to anybody the firms wish before the IPO approval.
Read More »Banks allowed to extend loan repayment tenure
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday issued a circular that empowers banks to extend the repayment tenure of existing term loans by up to two years.
Read More »Power companies are back to chugging out profit
Only Khulna Power’s profit dropped between October and December
Read More »Mongla-Rooppur waterway project cost to go up
The cost of the project to enhance navigability in Mongla-Rooppur waterway to facilitate faster and safe transport of heavy equipment to the under-construction Rooppur nuclear power is set to go up by a large margin.
Read More »Bangladesh factories pick up speed in handset assembly
More than 60 percent of feature phones in Bangladesh are assembled in local factories; experts in the sector hope to meet the demand fully this year.
Read More »Britain to apply to join Asia-Pacific free trade bloc
Britain said it is to apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries this week, not long after quitting the European Union’s single market.
Read More »BIDS among 100 top think-tanks worldwide in 2020
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has been ranked as one of the top 100 think-tanks worldwide, according to the 2020 Global Go to Think Tank Index (GGTTI) released on Thursday.
Read More »MFS, payment service operators to face tighter regulations
The Bangladesh Bank has initiated a move to enforce tighter regulations on payment service, mobile financial service, e-wallet, payment system operators and any other non-bank entities authorised by the BB to provide payment services.
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