Real-Estate & Infrastructure

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the expatriate Bangladeshis all over the world to invest more in Bangladesh as investment opportunities for them have increased in all sectors. “We’ll find out the barriers, if any, in this regard and I assure you all of solving those problems for your convenience …

The government is going to honour 30 firms with the Green Factory Award for their outstanding contribution to saving the environment and creating jobs. The awards will be given in six categories to green factories in recognition of their efforts to keep carbon emissions low, tackle global warming and address …

The government will procure three lakh metric tonnes of paddy and five lakh tonnes of rice from local markets during the ongoing Aman season. The decision was taken on Sunday at a virtual meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee Unit (FPMCU) with Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder in …

NBR publishes the Income Tax Act 2022 draft law in Bangla for the first time in 100 years The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has for the first time published the draft of ‘Income Tax Act 2022’ in Bangla by simplifying the Income Tax Ordinance with some amendments. According to …

The commerce ministry has written to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to defreeze the accounts to return Tk 214 crore that got stuck in payment gateways due to e-commerce companies’ failure to deliver products against the payments. AHM Shafiquzzaman, additional secretary to the commerce ministry and chief of Digital Commerce …

Edible oil imports are facing disruption as importers are failing to unload goods at the Chattogram Port on time because of a jetty shortage after facilities were diverted to facilitate fuel imports. The disruption, which has inflicted demurrages on the edible oil importers, may worsen the situation in the already …

Lalmonirhat district, bordering the Teesta, Dharla and Saniazan rivers, accounts for about one-third of the maize produced in Bangladesh’s northern region. More than 20,000 families, mostly based in the district’s char areas, have achieved both food and financial security by growing maize, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). …

Bangladesh has set an ambitious goal of generating more than 4,100 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 as the county looks to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly. Solar power will account for half of the energy, at 2,277 MW, followed by hydropower 1,000 MW and wind 597 …

Bitumen prices in international markets have gone up by around 24 per cent this month, for which upcoming road construction and repair costs are expected to rise since Bangladesh is very much dependent on imports. Each tonne was selling for $310 on the first week before rising to $385 at …

Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue fell short of target by Tk 6,343 crore in the July-September period of the current fiscal year 2021-2022, according to NBR provisional data. The NBR managed to collect Tk 58,351 crore against the quarterly target set at Tk 64,695 crore. However, the …