HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
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Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
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ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
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Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
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Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
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Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
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Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
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Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
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Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
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Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
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2.7% more investment in energy div
Power and energy division occupies about 5.3 per cent of the biggest ever budget placed at the parliament.
7 June 2018, 07:38 AM
20% of total budget for children by 2020: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith sets a goal to allocate 20 percent of total budget for children by 2020 as part of mainstreaming children development in the national planning and budgeting.
7 June 2018, 07:27 AM
Cosmetics, toiletries to get costlier
Fresh duty schemes have been drawn up on cosmetics and toiletries items, which is expected to push the prices of such items higher.
7 June 2018, 07:17 AM
Govt sets 7.8% GDP growth target, inflation drops to 5.6pc
The government has set a target of 7.8 per cent GDP growth for the next fiscal year.
7 June 2018, 07:14 AM
VAT on e-commerce, online shopping to get pricier
This is a repeated attempt of Finance Minister AMA Muhith to impose VAT on e-commerce business on the platform’s rising popularity for its convenience.
7 June 2018, 07:12 AM
Allocation for telecom, ICT declined 6.64 per cent
Allocation for the telecom and ICT ministry declines about 6.64 per cent to 6,064 crore in the proposed budget of 2018-19 fiscal which is placed by Finance Minister MA Muhith at the Jatiya Sangsad.
7 June 2018, 07:09 AM
Govt opts to go green, slaps duty on polythene
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has opted to go green and discourage people from using polythene products and poly-packaging.
7 June 2018, 07:06 AM
Small and old apartments to be costlier
Bad news for the middle-income group as the government is opted to impose higher VAT rates for smaller apartments at a time when sales have picked up.
7 June 2018, 07:06 AM
Muhith unveils Tk 4,64,573cr budget for FY19 setting 7.8pc growth target
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith rolls out a Tk 4,64,573 crore national budget for fiscal year 2018-19 setting the GDP growth target at 7.8 percent and outlining a set of plans-strategies to build a prosperous, happy and peaceful country.
7 June 2018, 06:58 AM
Muhith’s post-budget press conference tomorrow
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will address a post budget press briefing tomorrow, according to a finance ministry press release.
7 June 2018, 06:43 AM
One Bank re-elects top brass
One Bank has recently witnessed the reelection of its chairman, Sayeed H Chowdhury, vice president, Asoke Das Gupta, and chairman of its executive committee, Zahur Ullah.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Prime Bank re-elects chairman
Azam J Chowdhury has recently been re-elected as the chairman of Prime Bank for a two-year term.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Opportunities and challenges of tower-sharing licences
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to award telecom tower licences to four companies.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Islamic banks see faster credit growth: survey
Shariah-based banks secured as much as 22.31 percent credit growth last year, way higher than the whole banking industry's average of 18.66 percent, a survey found.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
No scope to whiten black money: Muhith
There will not be any provision to legalise black money in the upcoming budget, said Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday, quashing the hopes of various quarters.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
12 banks face provision deficit of Tk 10,596cr
Twelve banks faced a provisioning shortfall of Tk 10,596 crore in the first three months of the year, a development that will compel banks to hike their interest rate on lending to ensure net profits.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Inflation falls to 5.57pc in May
Bangladesh witnesses a declining trend in inflation in last eight consecutive months as the country’s general inflation rate came down to 5.57 percent in May from 6.04 percent in October last year.
4 June 2018, 13:58 PM
JS goes to budget session tomorrow
The budget session for the 2018-19 fiscal of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) begins.
4 June 2018, 11:14 AM
No internet, phone in Motijheel Jun 8-11
Bangladesh’s telecom authority says they will keep landlines and internet off in Dhaka’s commercial hub Motijheel from June 8-11.
4 June 2018, 09:54 AM
Credit growth slowdown imminent
The rising interest rate will put the brakes on the runaway private sector credit growth this year as entrepreneurs will be reluctant to take on high-cost funds, said a top banker.
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM