The government approved the purchase of 200 double-cabin pickups for the police and the import of 1.3 million tonnes of refined petroleum products to meet fuel demand in the second half of the year.
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) yesterday termed reform measures in the proposed national budget "positive" but warned that implementation of certain tax measures may lead to unintended burdens on industries and individuals.
Other sectors will lose competitiveness if only one sector gets the benefit, the chamber says
The announcement came as a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment led by Minister Do Duc Duy, visited the United States.
Typically, the Fed holds interest rates at a higher level if inflation is elevated and when inflation is low
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.
Bangladesh recorded a sharp rise in remittance inflows in May, as migrant workers sent more money home in the run-up to Eid-ul-Azha, which falls in early June.
Vietnam is now contributing to the production and assembly of several flagship devices, including the iPad, Mac (MacBook and Mac mini), HomePod, Apple Watch and AirPods
The dollar, already on course for its worst year since 2017 , on Friday plunged to a decade-low
Since the South Korean conglomerate entered Vietnam in 1989, it has poured billions of dollars into expanding its global manufacturing footprint beyond China
The trading turmoil unleashed by US President Donald Trump's tariffs has triggered a record run for gold, widely viewed as a safe-haven investment.
The Chinese government is in fighting mode too, on Friday increasing its own retaliatory duties to 125 percent.
The government is considering out-of-court settlements as an option to recover laundered money from abroad, as the formal legal process is often time-consuming.
The CCCI submitted 114 proposals for the upcoming budget
The $1.375 billion deal brings one of fashion's best-known Italian labels back under Italian control
Singaporean investors said at a roundtable by EBL
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange edged up 0.17 percent to 5,205.23 points
If Samsung "fully absorbs" the proposed tariff cost instead of shifting production elsewhere "approximately four trillion won ($2.7 billion) -- or some 33 percent of its smartphone operating profit -- would be directly exposed"
