Other sectors will lose competitiveness if only one sector gets the benefit, the chamber says

While 96% of industrial units have paid April salary

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Just a day after the interim government proposed the national budget and tax measures for fiscal year 2025-26, leading business chambers expressed significant concern that several measures could potentially impede business growth and affect investment.

Corruption remains a pervasive challenge across the country, undermining the effective implementation of the national budget, Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, special assistant to the chief adviser, said at a post-budget discussion yesterday.

If you're planning to import cheap lipstick into Bangladesh anytime soon, think again. The country's interim government, in its latest budget, has quietly declared war on undervalued imports with a series of oddly specific tweaks to customs rules. Among the victims: chocolate bars, lipsticks, eye shadow, and -- wait for it -- inflatable toys.

The government has announced a special allowance for public sector employees and pensioners, effective from July 1, in a move aimed at cushioning their incomes.

The positive objectives laid out in the proposed national budget for fiscal 2025–26 are not backed by measures, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

The national budget for FY2025-26, presented by Bangladesh’s interim government, marks a notable departure from the conventional, growth-obsessed fiscal templates of previous years.

Hotels, motels and resorts at popular tourist destinations across the country are almost fully booked during the ten-day Eid-ul-Azha holidays, which begin in the first week of June.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur expressed hope that inflation would come down to below 7 percent by August or September this year.

The interim government’s proposal to raise the turnover tax from 0.6 percent to 1 percent from the next fiscal year has sparked an outcry among business leaders, who said the measure could deal a fresh blow to firms already struggling to stay afloat.

Bangladesh’s mobile phone manufacturing industry, once hailed as a potential pillar of the country’s digital ambitions, is bracing for a fresh blow after the interim government proposed a hike in value-added tax (VAT) at the production stage in the national budget for fiscal year 2025-26.

Bangladesh recorded $4.73 billion in exports in May, the highest in at least 23 months, owing to increased shipments of manufactured commodities, especially apparel, ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival to be celebrated on Saturday.

The country’s trade deficit narrowed by 2.60 percent in the first ten months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period a year ago, thanks to a rise in export earnings coupled with subdued imports..During the July-April period of fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, the trade gap was $18.

In the Finance Ordinance 2025–26, presented on Monday, the government proposed amending the Customs Act 2023 and revising the penalty structure for tax evasion related to intentional false declarations during import clearance, reducing the minimum fine from twice the evaded amount to an equivale

The fresh funding will help the company accelerate its expansion in the eSIM market

The national budget for FY2025-26, presented by Bangladesh’s interim government, marks a notable departure from the conventional, growth-obsessed fiscal templates of previous years.

Md Abdur Razzak, additional secretary (IIT) at the commerce ministry, is the chairman of the election board