The Bangladesh Bank has extended the tenure for foreign exchange loans under buyers and suppliers credit for importing capital machinery, allowing industrial entrepreneurs to secure loans for three years instead of one...
Bangladesh鈥檚 share in the United States鈥� denim trouser imports has steadily grown by 6.6 percentage points over the past seven years, increasing from 14.1 per cent in 2017 to 20.7 per cent as of September 2024 although the overall imports of the item by the US declined in the period...
The British Council recently hosted the Gateway to UK Education 2024 Symposium, bringing together 78 representatives from schools, education agents, counsellors, and UK universities...
Importers, who faced losses due to foreign exchange rate spikes, can now repay their loans over a maximum period of eight years...
An international symposium on disaster management was held at Dkaka Club in the capital on Tuesday...
The government has given permission to import of 18.80 crore eggs through 42 designated firms for stabilising the egg market...
The Bangladesh Bank has relaxed LC margin on import of 11 types of essential commodities whose demand increases during the holy month of Ramadan...
The advisers鈥� council on economic affairs in a meeting on Wednesday approved a proposal from the ministry of youth and sports seeking increase of ceiling on sanctioning fund under the operating budget...
The Bangladesh Bank is likely to issue a circular on Sunday asking all banks not to impose LC margin on import of essential goods until at least Ramadan.
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended the National Revenue Board to withdraw the existing 5 per cent customs duty on import of onions to reduce the price of the essential commodity on the local market...
The opening of letters of credit for imports rose in September, but it dropped slightly in the July-September period in the financial year 2024-25 compared with that in the same period in the previous year...
In response to a sharp fall in rice production caused by recent floods, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended removing the current import duty on rice to stabilise supply and prices on the local market...
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday relaxed rules for commercial imports through contracts.
The Ministry of Commerce has approved the import of 4 crore more eggs to increase supply and make the market stable.
Only two of the 23 companies enlisted with the state-owned Petrobangla for importing gas from the spot market participated in the tender floated on October 7 for importing...
Edible oil traders of Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed waiving the existing 5% import duty on soybean and palm oil and removing all value-added taxes imposed on producers and traders.
China鈥檚 export growth slowed sharply in September while imports remained sluggish, data showed Monday, as authorities wait for recent stimulus measures to perk up weak domestic demand...
Manusher Jonno Foundation held an event titled Women鈥檚 Empowerment: Women鈥檚 Voice and Leadership Bangladesh Project was organised at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the capital, said a press release on Wednesday...
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.
Electronics manufacturer brand Walton will attend the 鈥楥hina Import and Export Fair鈥�, commonly known as Canton Fair for the fourth time...
The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks...
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...
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...
Today is the 71st anniversary of the birth of playwright, director, actor, music composer, singer and organiser SM Solaiman...
Lessons learned from the Covid pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic raging in Africa, according to the Gavi vaccine alliance.
The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for importing 400,000 tonnes of wheat and 200,000 tonnes of rice within 15 days...
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...
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...
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...
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.