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Revenue collection from most of custom houses at land port, sea port and airport has fallen drastically following coronavirus panic across the world, National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials said.They said revenue earnings has mainly decreased for disturbing supply chain globally caused by coronavi...
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The country’s stocks have witnessed a losing streak in the last week following coronavirus scare, experts said.Worried investors, as a result, continued their selling spree on sector-wise securities apprehending further dip in the market as investors lose their confidence in the threat of coro...
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Country’s export earnings in last eight months of current fiscal (FY20) stood at $26.24 billion, indicating a positive sign amid worldwide coronavirus panic. This earning decreased by only 4.79 percent compared to that in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal of $27.56 billion, accor...
The government has undertaken a mega project to develop the sewerage system in Khulna city to end the long-standing sufferings of the city dwellers. City dwellers in different areas of Khulna also known as the industrial city are continuing to experience an unpleasant, or undesirable situation throu...
The government’s initiative to bring back the past glory of jute has started yielding results as the demand for the golden fibre has increased at home and abroad. Data with the government show the country’s export earnings from jute and jute goods have been increasing for the last severa...
Country’s foreign exchange reserve increased to $32.70 billion on February 19 this year, $739.22 million higher than that in the same period of the previous year. This figure was $31.96 billion in same period of 2019, according to Bangladesh Bank data. Market analysts have attributed the rise ...
Keeping in mind the goal of educating all, the government has envisioned a massive initiative using mosques and madrasas and targeting school dropouts to achieve 100 percent literacy rate in the country. The religious affairs ministry has undertaken a Tk 4,556 crore project with an aim to reduce the...
Coronavirus, that has already emerged as a threat to the global supply chain is likely to affect the country’s overall economy in many ways. Experts said, the outbreak of the virus in China has dealt a heavy blow to the global supply chain. Like many other countries, Bangladesh is also going t...
The 25th Dhaka International Traden Fair (DITF), this year, has failed to attract expected number of crowds as it likened to an ordinary fair, many visitors and participants said. They said, “We did not see many foreign pavilions as before.Even the many local companies also did not participate...
The 25th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2020 witnessed a rush of visitors on Wednesday ahead of the closing day today (Thursday). Most of the companies gave clearance offer of all kinds of products on Wednesday after the start of the country's biggest trade fair on January 1.People of all...
A total of Tk 51 million value added tax (VAT) has been collected till Monday from Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). VAT officials estimate total VAT collection at the end of the fair would be around Tk 70 million as trade fair has three more days.Officials said, “People's presence us...
Bangladesh will receive $4.25 billion foreign funds from several development partners who have committed this in Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) conference, Finance Minister AKH Mustafa Kamal said.The Finance Minister came up with the statement while exchanging views with reporters at the finance...
Sustainability reporting is very important to create investors’ confidence in the capital market, experts said.They said, “In the country, most of the companies do not maintain sustainable reporting as this helps companies better understand and communicate their impacts on critical issue...
After the Prime Minister’s initiative to save the bourses, the country’s stock markets made a U-turn from its continuous declining trend on Sunday as prices of almost all securities increased.Breaking the record of seven years, the biggest single day gaining in DSEX, the prime index of D...
The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF-2020) witnessed a rush of visitors on Friday, the third weekend after the start of the country's biggest trade fair on January 1. Visitors, especially the youth, were seen standing in long queues in front of multiple ticket counters to enter the fair prem...
The latest trends for graduating students getting job opportunities should be substantially increased to maintain the current economic growth.Experts said that the avenues of more job opportunities should be widened with more diversification in jobs, particularly for fresh graduating students who ca...
Government’s massive measures to bring back investors’ trust in the capital market are going in vain as a deep rooted plot is still being hatched in many ways to destroy stocks. They mentioned the market faced crushing blows twice in the period between 1996 and 2010 due to manipulation o...
Exploring newer foreign markets has become an earnest necessity for Bangladesh as the government has set a target of exporting $ 50billion readymade garment next fiscal, experts said. As recession across the globe continues, the country’s readymade garment (RMG) export is facing a serious setb...
Bangladesh has made tremendous progress over the years both in terms of economic development and social advancements despite slowdown world economy, economists said. Although the world economy had gone through a critical juncture and struggled to maintain economic growth last year, Bangladesh has ma...
The country’s remittance inflow has made a new record standing at $18.34 billion at the end of 2019, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) estimation. This inflow increased by more than 27 percent or 3.94 billion during the time comparing the same period of time last year, which was $14.39 billion...
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