Business-Economy

March 10, 2025, 3:42 am

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Dhaka Bank distributes power tillers in Belkuchi Road crash leaves 2 HSC examinees dead in Kurigram Bangladesh among countries facing widest gender gap in mobile money use: Report Tk13,200cr wiped out as BSEC strife roils market SSC examinee drowns in Padma River in Rajshahi GM Quader slams govt for deteriorating law and order Over 2 lakh tonnes maize yield likely in Jamalpur BSEC officials return to work, ending the work abstention WB delegation calls on Food Adviser Govt employees to get March salary, Eid bonus on March 23

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91pc budget hike for RNPP telecom project, less than 1pc completion

TDS Desk: The “Establishment of External Telecommunication Network for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant,” approved in 2022 with a budget of Tk 378.84 crore, has seen minimal progress, with less than

Import of LNG, fertiliser, soybean oil, sugar and chickpea approved

UNB, Dhaka: The government will import LNG, fertiliser, soybean oil, sugar and chickpea to meet local demands. Advisors’ Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) in a meeting, with Finance Adviser

Trade Commission recommends lifting 25% import duty on rice

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) that the existing 25% import duty on rice be completely removed to facilitate

Crisis to continue unless businessmen feel secure: Mir Nasir Hossain

TDS Desk: Mir Nasir Hossain, former president of FBCCI, the premier business association of the country’s industrialists, is also a former director of Eastern Bank Ltd. In an exclusive interview,

Rice import stalls despite tariff cut, ministry to seek more waivers

Ministry of Food plans to propose lowering tariff to 5% TDS Desk It has been over a week since the government allowed private imports of rice with reduced tariffs to

Union Bank irregularities: S Alam linked to Tk17,229cr in unpaid loans

TDS Desk Under Sheikh Hasina’s regime, Shariah-compliant Union Bank, controlled by the controversial Chattogram-based S Alam Group, extended Tk17,229 crore in loans to 247 entities affiliated with the group –