NBR halves RD on sugar import
The National Board of Revenue has reduced the regulatory duty on import of refined and raw sugar with the aim of stabilising the sugar price on the local market.
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Walton to attend Canton Fair in China
Electronics manufacturer brand Walton will attend the 鈥楥hina Import and Export Fair鈥�, commonly known as Canton Fair for the fourth time...
NBR blocks share transfer by 7 groups
The National Board of Revenue on Wednesday asked the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms to immediately suspend sales and transfers of shares by seven business groups...
National strategy to curb food losses could minimise import
THE losses incurred by a growing waste of food 鈥� before, during and after the harvest of agricultural produces 鈥� stand to threaten food security. A government study, Estimation of Overall Food Losses and Waste at all Levels of the Food Chain that the horticulture department of the Bangladesh Agricultural University conducted and made public in...
Govt to import 400,000 tonnes wheat, 200,000 tonnes rice
The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for importing 400,000 tonnes of wheat and 200,000 tonnes of rice within 15 days...
Govt nod must for raw material import, foreign drug sale: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
Govt should mend loopholes in energy import for rental power
RENTAL power plants, set up as an emergency measure under an indemnity law to resolve power shortage soon after the Awami League had assumed office in 2009 that ended in a permanent arrangement to drain the state exchequer by channelling public money into private pockets through capacity charge payment, have not only been a great burden to the economy...
Power producers make wicked profits
Bangladesh spent 20 per cent extra in the overall import of furnace oil for power generation during the tenure of the immediate past Awami League government thanks to the...
US to boost scrutiny on tax-free imports over China worries
The US government said Friday it will work to curb the 鈥榦veruse and abuse鈥� of a mechanism allowing lower-value imports to enter the country duty-free, as concerns grow over Chinese shipments.
Bangladesh Bank sets 100pc cash margin for import of luxury products
The Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks to keep a 100-per cent cash margin for importing 14 luxury goods including gold, cosmetics, processed food, soft drinks, and leather goods to overcome foreign exchange crisis...
NBR cuts import duties on onions, potatoes
The National Board of Revenue on Thursday reduced customs duties on import of onions, potatoes and pesticides to stabilise the supply of the essential commodities...
Export-import between Bangladesh, India via railway resumes
Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India have resumed via railway through Benapole land port on Wednesday morning, after being suspended for 47 days...
China targets dairy imports in latest barb in trade row
Beijing on Wednesday launched a probe into EU subsidies of some dairy products imported into China, the day after the bloc said it planned to impose five-year import duties of up to 36 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles...
First time garlic import through Mongla Port
A total of 58 metric tonnes of garlic was imported for the first time through Mongla Sea Port on Sunday, a press release issued by Md Makruzzaman, deputy director of communication of the Mongla Port Authority said in a press release on Monday...
US tightens steel, aluminium import rules to curb China tariff evasion
The United States unveiled stricter rules Wednesday on steel and aluminium imports from Mexico, moving to prevent China-origin goods from avoiding tariffs...
25pc tax proposal on car import by MPs likely to be dropped
The finance bill for the upcoming financial year 2024鈥�25 is likely to be passed in parliament on Saturday, with the government backtracking from the imposition of a 25 per cent duty on car imports by lawmakers...
Bangladesh keen to import hydropower from Bhutan: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her country鈥檚 eagerness to import hydroelectricity from Bhutan through India when Bhutanese prime minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on her in New Delhi...
Proposed budget requests MPs to pay tax for importing cars
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday requested the members of parliament to set a noble example by amending the privilege of importing duty-free cars for personal use....
Purchase committee approves import of LNG cargo, 6000 tonnes of lentil
Bangladesh government will import a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Singapore....
DCCI urges UK to import more from Bangladesh
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged the United Kingdom to import more from Bangladesh...
EU states agree 鈥榩rohibitive鈥� tariffs on Russia grain imports
EU states agreed on Thursday to impose 鈥榩rohibitive鈥� duties on grain imports from Russia in a bid to cut off revenues to Moscow for its war on Ukraine...
Green chilli import starts thru Hili
The import of green chilli has been started through Hili port in the district after six months....
370 tonnes of imported potatoes still waiting for unloading at Benapole
Around 370 tonnes of potatoes, which are waiting to be unloaded four days after being imported from India have started to rot, due to severe heat sweeping across Bangladesh....
Private sector allowed to import rice within month聽聽聽聽
Bangladesh government asked the private sector to import 1,24,000 tonnes of rice immediately within a month aiming to further arrest the rice price in the retail market across the country, an official order issued by the Ministry of Food said on Wednesday....
Import restrictions bring聽no major let-up
Import restrictions on luxury items and other policies implemented by the government during the past two years have failed to tackle the dollar shortage and ease the economic crisis.