The forum sent a letter to the chief adviser of the interim government and the commerce ministry

Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials to reconsider the duty structure of imported essential commodities in a bid to tackle persistent inflation..The adviser said essential commodities, namely edible oil, sugar, potato a

The central bank issued three separate letters to the banks

Ahsan H Mansur says in a meeting with a delegation of the Dhaka Chamber

Imports, remittances and forex reserves are likely to increase, the leading chamber says

However, the turnover saw a 34% jump from the previous day

Islamic banking in Bangladesh continued its steady growth trajectory as of May this year, driven by consistent increases in deposits, investments and remittances..According to the Islamic Banking and Finance Statistics (IBFS) report by the Bangladesh Bank for that month, several key indica

The BFIU found Tk 99.7 crore at the accounts of four companies of Md Akiz Uddin, also a former deputy managing director of Islami Bank Bangladesh

Some 1,008 out of 14,551 towers are inactive in 11 districts

The BFIU also sought information related to their loan accounts with guarantee and loan repayment

The permission was given as rail communication to Kamalapur ICD has remained suspended

Stocks in Bangladesh yesterday maintained their upward momentum for a second day consecutively as Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, the new chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, made an announcement that bolstered investor confidence..Maqsood said that they will conduct a

The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh wants appointment of seven new independent directors for the DSE board

Bank accounts of their business entities will also remain frozen for the next 30 days

Three months ago, the policy rate was hiked for the last time by 50 basis points to 8.5%

The board has one director and four independent directors

Previous president AKM Salim Osman resigned due to health issues

The panel gets 90 days to prepare and submit the paper

Customers of Shariah-based banks yesterday urged the authorities concerned to bring back funds of Islami Bank Bangladesh which have allegedly been misappropriated by S Alam Group and ensure legal steps against the group’s owner Mohammed Saiful Alam and those who abetted him..The customers,

Some 6,552 litres of diesel are consumed daily to power 78 generators in Feni