May extend metro rail VAT exemption

Country’s fast-growing motorcycle fleet and rising fatality rates contrast with helmet imports declared at a fraction of their retail value

Agricultural products must be transformed into value-added agro-industrial products in order to transition from an agriculture-based economy to an industrial one, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan said yesterday.

Garment exports to non-traditional markets declined by 5.95 percent year-on-year to $5.68 billion in the July-May period of the outgoing fiscal year, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) compiled by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday.

Says Managing Director and CEO M Shamsul Arefin

More than one-third of Bangladeshi chief executive officers expect artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce junior-level jobs over the next three years, according to a recent PwC report

Bangladesh considers all markets non-traditional except the USA, the European Union (EU), Canada and the UK.

Workers allege dismissal of 1,868 employees across seven Savar factories violated provisions of the Bangladesh Labour Act

PRAN Group introduced the award

The minister handed over the Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award 2025

The call emerged during a webinar today on the future of the country's leather sector

When electricity or fuel prices rise in Bangladesh, most people do not see an economic adjustment

With fuel prices increased in two rounds, the latest power tariff hike will add to the already high inflationary pressure, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions accounted for nearly half of all animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha 2026, according to divisional data released by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock yesterday.

A major change took place at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday when the entire commission resigned, and a new one was appointed on the same day -- marking the first such complete reshuffle in the regulator’s history.

Not only wilful defaulters, poor lending practices and undue influence, but also macroeconomic factors have contributed to the rise in bad loans in Bangladesh’s banking sector, according to a new study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Since fiscal year 2009-2010, Bangladesh’s budget has grown almost every year, with planned spending rising sevenfold to Tk 7.97 lakh crore in FY25. Yet not a single budget announced over the past 16 years has been fully implemented.

The government will allow all exporters to import required materials duty-free for the production of export items, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Wednesday.

Many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region

The Bangladesh Bank is now reconsidering an application by Meghna Group of Industries to obtain an $80 million loan from the International Finance Corporation for the purchase of four ships, after initially turning it down.