The government has decided to impose fines and progressive tax on a daily basis on foreigners for overstaying their visas and working illegally in Bangladesh, according to a decision taken at a meeting on Tuesday. 

The Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA), a platform for insurance companies, has proposed withdrawal of the VAT applicable to policyholders in order to help the health insurance sector expand.

A six-day furniture fair kicked off at GEC Convention Centre in Chattogram city yesterday featuring products of 27 enterprises, including New Antique, Heaven Furniture, Shoilpik, Hatil, Hatim, Vegas, P2P, JMG, Akhi and Royel and Right.

Genex Infosys, a leading outsourcing IT provider, will build turnkey IT infrastructure for Red Sea Gateway Terminal Bangladesh Limited (RSGT) at the Patenga container terminal

Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) today notified the closure of its plant as the electricity sales agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is set to expire on February 9

Armed robberies of domestic and foreign vessels coming into the Chattogram port decreased sharply in the concluding year, according to two international organisations.

A Purchasing Managers' Index has launched for the first time in Bangladesh today, with data generated by the real-time, data-based early economic indication system set to be published in April.

However, GP recommended dividend, which is lowest at least since 2015

They also sought policy support

Deputy Governor Abu Farah Md Nasser likely to be appointed in the post

EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley meets Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali

Mahbubul Alam, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), has been appointed as the chairperson of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD)

State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu yesterday sought Chinese investment for import substitution to reduce the big trade gap with China.

Dhaka Stock Exchange visits the company’s closed production unit

Information technology exports from Bangladesh dropped 4.4 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year as the demand for software developers and products has fallen due to the lingering global economic slowdown.

Bangladesh Furniture Industries Owners Association will organise the six-day event

However, the amount, $5.72b, is 0.69% lower than the monthly target

Action plan has already been taken, the central bank says

 Bangas Ltd recorded a 14 percent profit growth year-on-year for the period of October-December 2023-24 financial year

Ratna Akhter, a 15-year-old student of grade nine, previously used kerosene lamps when studying at home in Ghughumari, a remote char in northern Bangladesh with about 2,300 inhabitants.