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Bangladesh bagged $4.60 billion through exports in August, registering a 36.18% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth, according to recent data published by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). At the same period last year, the country fetched $3.38 billion in export earnings. Moreover, according to the EPB data, the country earned export earnings …

Country’s economy has revived from setback as major indicators – export, remittance and private sector credit flow saw upward trend in the first two months of the current fiscal year. Bangladeshi companies exported goods and services worth $ 3.98 billion in the first month of the current fiscal year 2022-23, …

higher on Sunday as the buoyant investors continued their buying spree on major sector shares amid high expectations. Following the previous week’s upward trend, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), climbed 62.08 points or 0.95 per cent to stand at 6,570, after the first two hours …

The discontinuation of cash incentives for the country’s export-oriented manufacturing industries will hamper competitiveness for a while during the post-LDC period, but won’t put a long-term impact on exports, said a study group at a workshop on Saturday. Arfin Ara Begum, director general of the monitoring cell under the finance …

Deposits into shariah-based Islamic banks rose by 12 per cent to Tk 4.12 lakh crore at the end of June 2022 from 3.68 lakh crore at the same period last year. It was the first time that the deposit of Islamic banks crossed Tk 4 lakh crore. In terms of …