Regional & International Economy

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today strengthened its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing that increased collaboration is helping to expand critical health care across Asia and the Pacific and contain the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Rail cargo services have built up Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) hopes to minimise its financial loss during the coronavirus pandemic when most of its services remained suspended.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said Bangladeshi women have come a long way in terms of trade success and the government is providing necessary assistance to women in domestic and international trade.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed the VAT administration at the field level to take legal actions against those registered business firms which do not hang turnover tax certificates in their own firms.

They have said the current $36 billion forex reserves are essential during the pandemic situation as the remittance outlook remains bleak

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has implemented only 57.39 per cent of the Annual Development Programme (ADB) in the just concluded fiscal year (FY 2019-20).

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Bangladesh has requested Nepal to conclude discussion son signing of preferential trade agreement (PTA) in the shortest possible time, officials said.

Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India fell by around 79 per cent to only $424 million in April-May this year from nearly $2 billion in the same period of 2019.

With the aim of providing a platform to discuss the emerging business and investment opportunities and the underlying challenges of bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India in the new paradigm shift caused by the ongoing pandemic; the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recently organized a digital conference, titled ‘Digital …