Business-Economy

April 26, 2025, 5:21 pm

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‘Beautiful Bangladesh Run 2025’ enlivens Hatirjheel, promotes tourism Rizvi demands action against ex-officials for aiding fascism, praises CEC’s election stance Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to fully implement CHT Peace Accord Gunfire exchanged on LoC as India-Pakistan tensions escalate Are traders earning Tk12 profit per litre of soybean oil? AL has no chance to do politics in country: Tuku N’ganj-Joydebpur electric train project may render MRT 4 unnecessary Slow pace in agricultural loan disbursement; experts find it alarming Rajshahi farmers predict bumper litchi production Mother, son killed in Satkhira road accident

Business-Economy

Inward remittance thru’ MFS surges 95pc in Oct

BSS Bangladesh’s migrant workers sent home Tk1,102.22 crore in remittances through mobile financial service (MFS) providers in October 2024, according to Bangladesh Bank data. This figure represents a remarkable 95.22%

Initial report on secretariat fire by 3 days: Rizwana

UNB Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said the high-profile probe committee formed by the government to investigate the Secretariat fire incident would submit its primary report within the

Falling of onion prices: Consumers are happy, but farmers unhappy

Pabna Correspondent Farmers formed a human chain and demonstrated on the Pabna-Sujanagar road, protesting the falling prices of early-variety onions, as they fear they may not recover the production costs

The year that was: Growth obsession deepened rich-poor divide

TDS Desk Income inequality in Bangladesh has seen a steep rise over the past 12 years till 2022, according to official data, as economists blame a singular focus on growth

9 factories of S Alam Group shut down

TDS Desk: Nine factories owned by the Chattogram-based industrial conglomerate S Alam Group have been shut down indefinitely, effective from Wednesday. Confirming the news, the group’s official M Hossain Rana

Forex market stabilises after remittance dollar rate capped

TDS Desk: The country’s foreign exchange market was largely stable Wednesday as all the bankers decided to follow the central bank’s directive on fixing Tk123 as the maximum remittance dollar