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Benapole trade drops sharply for bans, global downturn

In a year, imports declined by 631,330 tonnes and exports by 75,232 tonnes

2h ago

Local-foreign mixed ownership in telecom companies not mandatory: Taiyeb

It was just a recommendation for better results, says the special assistant to the chief adviser

5h ago

SERVER FAILURE / All customs houses open this weekend to clear backlog

All customs houses across the country will remain open for import and export activities this weekend – today and tomorrow.

1d ago

Indo-Bangla Pharma set to export drugs to Afghanistan

.Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals, a listed drug maker, is likely to start exporting its products to Afghanistan from this year...In a disclosure at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday, the company said its board of directors has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understa

2d ago

Rough weather disrupts unloading at Ctg port

Unloading of imported goods from mother vessels at the Chittagong Port has been facing disruptions for three days as smaller vessels have failed to go near the outer anchorage to unload the containers amid incessant rain and a turbulent sea..Especially since Monday, the rough weather, whic

3d ago

Real wage growth remains negative for 41 months

Bangladesh’s average wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Year-on-year, wage growth stood at 8.18 percen

3d ago

ACI develops new Boro rice varieties

In a first for the country, ACI Seed has developed a new variety of aromatic rice suitable for cultivation in the Boro season..The seed-focused business unit of ACI PLC has also developed a short-duration, high-yielding Boro rice variety...ACI received approval for the inbred v

4d ago

Women’s share in agent banking remains far below requirement

The proportion of female agents in Bangladesh’s agent banking sector stood at just 9.15 percent as of March this year—well below the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) mandate that women should comprise 50 percent of total agents...The data were revealed in the central bank’s latest Agent Bankin

4d ago

Benapole trade drops sharply for bans, global downturn

In a year, imports declined by 631,330 tonnes and exports by 75,232 tonnes

2h ago

Local-foreign mixed ownership in telecom companies not mandatory: Taiyeb

It was just a recommendation for better results, says the special assistant to the chief adviser

5h ago

All customs houses open this weekend to clear backlog

All customs houses across the country will remain open for import and export activities this weekend – today and tomorrow.

1d ago

Indo-Bangla Pharma set to export drugs to Afghanistan

.Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals, a listed drug maker, is likely to start exporting its products to Afghanistan from this year...In a disclosure at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday, the company said its board of directors has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understa

2d ago

Rough weather disrupts unloading at Ctg port

Unloading of imported goods from mother vessels at the Chittagong Port has been facing disruptions for three days as smaller vessels have failed to go near the outer anchorage to unload the containers amid incessant rain and a turbulent sea..Especially since Monday, the rough weather, whic

3d ago

Real wage growth remains negative for 41 months

Bangladesh’s average wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Year-on-year, wage growth stood at 8.18 percen

3d ago

ACI develops new Boro rice varieties

In a first for the country, ACI Seed has developed a new variety of aromatic rice suitable for cultivation in the Boro season..The seed-focused business unit of ACI PLC has also developed a short-duration, high-yielding Boro rice variety...ACI received approval for the inbred v

4d ago

Women’s share in agent banking remains far below requirement

The proportion of female agents in Bangladesh’s agent banking sector stood at just 9.15 percent as of March this year—well below the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) mandate that women should comprise 50 percent of total agents...The data were revealed in the central bank’s latest Agent Bankin

4d ago

Ctg customs logged 9.71% revenue growth in FY25

Customs House, Chattogram, the country’s highest revenue-generating customs station for more than three decades, collected Tk 75,432 crore in the just-ended fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, according to provisional estimates..This marks a 9.71 percent increase from the previous year’s collection.

5d ago

Energy assoc urges review of scrapped solar plans

The Bangladesh Sustainable and Renewable Energy Association yesterday urged the interim government to reconsider its cancellation of 31 letters of intent that the past regime had signed with potential investors in solar power projects without adopting any tender process...A letter of

6d ago