Shop owners yesterday stressed on the need for collecting value added tax (VAT) at source until the government completed installing cash register machines on all kinds of stores.

The government is setting up five lakh nutrition gardens on uncultivated fallow lands and backyards across the country, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday.

The stock market fell yesterday as investors booked profits following the rise in the prices aided by the steady run of the key index.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has announced a Tk 13.5 crore strategic action plan for 2021 to support healthcare and immediate assistance, restore livelihoods and catalyse long-term growth.

The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the central bank to extend the tenure of post-import financing (PIF) to keep the market stable and ensure a smooth supply of consumer goods during the pandemic.

Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury yesterday said that the corruption allegations raised against him were “completely false”.

The cash-strapped tanners yesterday got three more months to repay their default loans under relaxed facilities.

Brussels policymakers, about to unveil the world’s first carbon border levy, are caught between industry demands to twin it with free carbon permits worth billions of euros, and analysts’ warnings that doing so could expose the EU to legal challenges at the WTO.

The government is likely to keep the opportunity to whiten black money without asking any question on the source of fund in the next fiscal year owing to the lobby from various quarters, said officials of the finance ministry.

Brac Bank has partnered with five new exchange companies to channel wage earners’ remittance through its countrywide network.

The Asian Development Bank yesterday approved a loan package of $940 million for Bangladesh to help the country buy Covid-19 vaccines.

America’s largest garlic farm needs 1,000 workers to harvest its annual crop, but faces an unexpected hurdle in this year’s recruitment drive: it now must document and track the Covid-19 vaccine status of these seasonal laborers.

The government has taken an initiative to formulate policy to promote and develop engineering industries, create jobs and expand the country’s industrial base.

British supermarket sales fell 1.6 per cent in the 12 weeks to June 13 year-on-year as the re-opening of indoor hospitality took spend away from the grocers and into the nation’s cafés and restaurants, industry data showed on Tuesday.

A duty-free facility meant for weavers has allegedly been misused to import about Tk 400 crore worth of raw materials.

City Bank recently witnessed the appointment of a new deputy managing director.

Rancon Motorbikes is celebrating Suzuki’s centenary launching a new Gixxer and Gixxer SF series through its official Suzuki Facebook page recently.

Former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor SK Sur Chowdhury today said that the allegations raised against him were “completely false”.

The government will set up 5 lakh nutrition gardens at Tk 438 crore on uncultivated fallow lands and backyards across the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today.

Brac Bank has partnered with five new exchange companies to channel wage earners’ remittance through its countrywide network.