Dhaka, April 8 -- The three-day 7th Bangladesh Economics Summit began at the Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday. The event, organised by the DU Economics Study Center (ESC) with the support of Southeast... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- The Biblical Armageddon between good and evil was set to take place on 7 April, the deadline set for Iran to acquiesce to Donald Trump's peremptory directive to open the Strait of Ho... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- A new report by Policy Exchange Bangladesh has warned that the country's tobacco taxation system has reached its "structural limit", calling for urgent reforms to prevent a potential... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in public-private partnerships (PPPs), aiming to boost investme... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Agribusiness leaders on Tuesday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reduce duties and taxes on feed, raw material, and fruit imports to help ensure food security and stabili... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- US President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating a... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Civil-society organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday demanded scrapping of the proposed the 'Microcredit Bank Ordinance 2025', which was introduced by the interim government to bring microf... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- A slew of bills to convert ordinances issued during the interim government's period to formal laws were railroaded in parliament Tuesday, as the timeline nears its end. The passage ... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- Two ships carrying a total of 51,000 tonnes of octane and furnace oil from Malaysia are set to arrive at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on Wednesday, a move expected to ease ... Read More
Dhaka, April 8 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a move to link tax-return information with banks, aiming to enable taxpayers to automatically access key financial information. It ... Read More