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Online marketplace for hiring trucks is becoming popular in Bangladesh, lowering trading costs and making business globally competitive as well, said industry insiders.
Read More »VAT payment thru debit, credit cards to be allowed from Oct
Traders will be able to pay value-added tax using debit and credit cards of 27 commercial banks as the National Board of Revenue is set to introduce VAT payment through the cards under the e-payment platform of the VAT Online Project.
Read More »Deadline extended by 3 months as loan release to farmers slow
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday extended the deadline for disbursement of Tk 5,000 crore in refinance loans meant for the agriculture sector by three months amid slow progress in disbursement.
Read More »TCB starts online onion sale at discount rate
In the wake of peoples’ feeling the pinch of skyrocketed onion prices in the last few days, state-run Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) today started online onion sale programme in the city to enable consumers to buy onion at Taka 36 per kg.
Read More »Mutual funds suffer despite market surge
Investors have been reluctant to invest in mutual funds despite a bullish trend on the market in recent weeks as they lacked confidence in the ailing sector.
Read More »India looking for ways to meet Bangladesh’s onion needs following protest from Dhaka
Imports from India make up almost 90% of Bangladesh’s shortfall
Read More »Govt to pay Tk2256.7 bln as loan interest in three fiscals
The government will pay an estimated Tk 2,256.7 billion as interest on loans in the next three fiscals including the current one.
Read More »Donors agree on replenishment of more than $4b for ADB’s grant funds
Donors have agreed on the replenishment in excess of $4 billion for the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asian Development Fund (ADF) 13 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) 7, for a four-year period from 2021 to 2024. The total size of the replenishment represents a 7 percent increase in comparison …
Read More »Call for using Japanese management style to raise productivity
Speakers at a conference today underscored the need for using Japanese management style ‘Breakthrough Thinking’ to raise productivity in industry and commerce.
Read More »Asian markets drift as rally stalls, stimulus row dents optimism
Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors struggled to reignite the rally that has characterised much of the past six months, owing to a stuttering economic recovery and US lawmakers’ failure to agree a new stimulus.
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