Sohel Parvez

Good news for cross-border cruise lovers. Your dream of travelling between Bangladesh and India, while also enjoying the beauty of the mystic Sundarbans and the lush green dots of riverine Bangladesh, is about to come true.

Increasing export of paper and tissue has created a window for local mills to utilise their huge unused capacity and bring home foreign currency.

Three drug makers are set to enjoy the privilege of being the revenue authority's trusted traders soon, meaning they would be able to

Shrimp processors finished the first half of fiscal 2018-19 amid lower export receipts than a year earlier, with a revival in fortunes progressively looking unlikely in the second half, said exporters yesterday.

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has collected samples of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from the domestic market to test if there is any presence of cancer-causing asbestos in the celebrated product, said an official yesterday.

The jute industry is riding out 2018 on a rough tide thanks to a slide in global demand in the second half after a decent start to the

Wheat acreage may shrink this season as many farmers have shifted to maize and other crops to make higher profits, said agriculturists.

Contestants for the 11th parliamentary polls have been using laminated posters in the campaign, which are harmful for the environment.

A lack of purchasing power in the farming sector dominated by small and marginal people may restrict the wider use of genetically modified (GM) seeds in Bangladesh, said the US Department of Agriculture recently.

Paddy output is likely to rise 4 percent year-on-year to 5.36 crore tonnes during the current calendar year, because of higher plantings by growers and favourable weather, said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently.

Election candidates' spending on campaigning posters is likely to create about Tk 100 crore of business for the paper and printing industries, which although a drop in the ocean for the Tk 7,200 crore market is being welcomed by printers and millers.

Local sub-contracting firms are not eligible for duty drawbacks on goods and services they supply to public projects, which are funded by foreign loans or grants, clarified the National Board of Revenue (NBR) last Thursday.

Farmers are deflated by the drop in paddy prices, which will leave them with hardly any profit from the current bumper aman harvests.

It was the days of spontaneous waves of non-cooperation movement of March 1971. Freedom-seeking Bangalees brought out processions and took part in the liberation struggle against the then-Pakistani rulers. And Bitopi, which was just three years old, could not stay away.

Tax return submissions shot up 33 percent year-on-year to 18 lakh last fiscal year, marking the highest spiral in the last decade,

Bangladesh's southern coastal belt offers potential for generating power through wind, according to a recently published study by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, raising hopes of meeting the government's renewable energy goals.

The National Board of Revenue is yet to complete its preparations to enforce the use of automated sales recording machines at the

Some 26 individuals and 32 companies, for their for the third year in row, have made it to the list of the top taxpayers who will be

The commerce ministry yesterday agreed to withdraw the 40 percent duty on sugar imports from India, much to the ire of the local refiners.

Indigo, which reminds of an episode of cruelty during the British colonial rule, is being farmed once again and the famous blue has recently found its way to the US from Bangladesh.