Sohel Parvez

Bangladesh is progressively becoming an important market for the US’s tree nuts, mainly almond, thanks to the country’s rising income and expanding food and beverage industry, said a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Consumers’ attitude towards nut consumption

Rice prices have fallen to a nearly three-year low impacted by downturn in paddy prices at the farmers’ level in the wake of good harvest as well as higher private and public stocks of the grain.

Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims, sees a spike in demand for many commodities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that growth that is not inclusive is not meaningful but just economic figures. And this proclamation seems to be gradually becoming relevant for Bangladesh.

The state-run jute mills appear to be a bottomless pit. Over the past decade, the government handed them Tk 7,477 crore to bail them out of their financial woes, and yet their supervising authority, Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, has put its hand out for more.

The NBR and the FBCCI are at loggerheads over the new VAT law, reminiscent of past pushbacks from the business community that have delayed its implementation by four years already.

The National Board of Revenue has granted VAT exemption to the imports of raw materials of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API)

Bangladesh’s jute industry is in deep trouble. Exports of traditional jute goods have been falling in the face of competition from low-priced polypropylene and synthetic goods as well as a shrinking demand in the traditional markets abroad.

Farmers have started harvesting the biggest paddy crop, boro, in various parts of the country but the declining prices of the staple have stoked concerns of losses.

Revenue collection growth slowed to 7 percent in the July-February period of the current fiscal year -- the lowest in five years --

Taxmen netted 19 percent higher wealth surcharge in fiscal 2017-18 thanks to increased compliance, according to provisional data of

Soybean and palm oil imports are likely to increase by 10 percent to 26.50 lakh tonnes in the year ending in June, buoyed by rising

Rice yield is increasing but the rate of increase has slowed down in recent years in a worrying development for Bangladesh, said Matthew Morell, director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Due to delays in procurement, firemen are yet to get the modern equipment they need for faster response to fires, fight blazes with efficiency, and reduce risks.

Customs detectives are yet to figure out the types of goods that were in the 22 consignments fraudsters made way with by stealing log-in credentials of revenue officials.

Bangladesh’s rice production is expected to increase 7 percent year-on-year to 3.49 crore tonnes in the 12 months to April thanks to

Domino's, the world's leading pizza chain, is planning to introduce 30-minute pizza delivery service in Bangladesh within the next three months, in a development that can fuel competition in the country's restaurant scene.

The amount of import duty exemption extended to the industrial sector has doubled in three years, prompting calls for impact assessment of the tax break.

Every month since 2016, Mamtaz Begum, a house help in Khulna city, deposited Tk 100 under a 12-year Deposit Pension Scheme (DPS) of Popular Life Insurance.

Scientists have developed a high yielding, fast growing jute variety that is expected to cut import dependence for seeds of the natural