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Winrock International’s Ashshash project, supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, brought together survivor-turned micro-entrepreneurs, market actors, financial institutions and policy leaders at a conference in Dhaka. The National Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference 2025 was a landmark event designed to amplify the economic reintegration of trafficking survivors and accelerate the …

Toyota Bangladesh Limited, the newest arm of Japanese automotive giant Toyota Tsusho Corporation, inaugurated its first showroom on Wednesday in Dhaka’s Tejgaon Industrial Area. The launch marks the company’s initial step toward expanding its presence in the country, officials said. At the ceremony, Premmit Singh, managing director of Toyota Bangladesh …

The government placed Tk.5.23 trillion budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 in the parliament …

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) said on Friday the higher revenue …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned Friday of stringent measures against private banks who are defying …

E-CAB members to hold emergency meeting on Saturday Online shopping is set to get costlier …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal unveiled a Tk523,190 crore proposed budget for FY2019-20 in the …

‘Widespread imbalances in revenue, financial and external sectors, and disproportionate burden on the income and …

Posts and Telecom gets Tk3,456 crore. Allocation for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division …

In the draft budget, GDP growth for the next fiscal year has been estimated at …

Growth rate of the agriculture sector and its contribution to the country’s economy have dropped …

Tax on the value of stock dividend at the rate of 15 per cent will …

Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh on Friday termed the hike in taxes on …

The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Friday said that the proposed budget …

“We are implementing Padma Bridge, tunnel under the Karnaphuli riverbed, the Dhaka Elevated Expressway from …

Power and Energy sector has got an allocation of TK 19 thousand and 100 core …

Prof Dr M Nawaz Sharif, a US-based internationally famed expert on technological innovation and technology …

AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to propose the budget, likely to be Tk 5.25 trillion …

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday, taking a negative lead from Wall Street amid lingering …

The government is likely to take several steps for reviving the capital market and the …

Mitsubishi Corporation and Summit Group yesterday apprised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the progress of …

The central bank yesterday injected Tk 2,300 crore into the money market to ease liquidity …

Global rating agency Standard and Poor’s yesterday maintained its long-held BB- rating for Bangladesh, in …

Freight train services on the Dhaka-Chattogram route have fallen way below acceptable standards, to the …

Singapore, the tiny Southeast Asian city-state, is an unlikely place for a farming revolution. With …

Summit Corporation and JERA Asia yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate an energy …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the Japanese business community to explore newer areas …

Bangladesh needs to upgrade its airport facilities and relevant infrastructure without further ado to keep …

Seeing GBB Power was on a rising streak in the later half of 2017, Motahar …

Japanese investors have called for removal of trade barriers to Bangladesh as they ponder over …

The internet giants such as Facebook, Google, Youtube and other digital platforms have to complete …

The stock market regulator has moved to implement its reform measures on the primary market …