In the face of turmoil amid continued protest by employees, the government yesterday backtracked from its position and stated it would bring “required amendments” to the new ordinance that split the National Board of Revenue.

Although tanners have voiced opposition, the government will allow rawhide exports during the Eid-ul-Azha season with the aim of fostering demand and ensuring better prices for traders at the field level, Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman said yesterday.

The government plans to raise the food subsidy allocation by 31 percent to Tk 9,500 crore in the upcoming fiscal year, aiming to ensure access to affordable food for poor and low-income households.

Gold prices rose to a two-week peak on Thursday as investors leaned toward the safe-haven asset, driven by concerns over the US government’s growing debt and soft demand for 20-year Treasury bonds, a sign of low appetite for US assets.

There is a special breed of professionals in every Bangladeshi office, those who seem to know everything from quantum physics to kebab recipes. They speak with such confidence that even Google starts to doubt itself. But here is the twist: a new study by Stav Atir, Emily Rosenzweig, and David Dunning reveals that the more of an expert you are, the more likely you are to claim knowledge of things that don’t actually exist. Welcome to the glamorous world of overclaiming with “I know it all syndrome” or as we like to call it in Dhaka boardrooms, “Bhai, I already have the idea!” 

A two-day BPO Summit Bangladesh 2025 is set to begin for the sixth time on June 21 at Senaprangan in the capital, bringing together firms in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

In the heart of Dhaka, amid vibrant toy displays and the hum of industry conversations at InterContinental Dhaka, sector people were talking about a quiet revolution — one that could redefine Bangladesh’s export landscape and lessen its long-standing reliance on imported toys.

Bangladesh’s external debt soared to $103 billion by the end of December 2024, doubling from $51 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2016–17, as the sharp increase in borrowing coincided with a rapid expansion of the economy.

Their four-point demand includes the repeal of the recently issued ordinance and the resignation of the NBR chairman

Students can now pay language course fees directly through banks

The DSEX lost 16.20 points to close at 4,785.11

Increased revenue earnings from higher fares and vessel sales boosted the profit

The company will bring in the equipment from a company in China

The initiative, which received little public attention at the time due to political instability, represents a critical juncture in Bangladesh's financial infrastructure development.

The company disbursed Tk 2,895 crore in claims last year, maintaining a claims settlement ratio of 97.79 percent

Later in the day, representatives of the protesting officials planned to submit a memorandum to the chief adviser at the state guesthouse Jamuna

Economists in a May 14-21 Reuters poll were unanimous the Trump administration's policies have hurt the economy

The sales figure is a combination of Tk 4,000 crore worth of tea leaves and the value of milk and sugar and revenue of retailers, he said.

The DSEX gained 20.45 points to 4,821.77 as of 12:10 pm

All three main indexes on Wall Street ended sharply lower.