Business-Economy

March 10, 2025, 2:06 pm

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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

Business-Economy

Tensions circulate over gold firms amid mideast woes, election uncertainty

TDS Desk: Gold prices again edged up on Friday after recovering from a profit-taking bout as Middle East tensions escalate and U.S. election jitters supported prices, reports Reuters. Spot gold

Sajek tourism businesses struggling to survive amid closure

Tourist visits to Sajek have been suspended since mid-September Rangamati Correspondent: Following the violence in Khagrachhari in mid-September, the resorts in Sajek have been closed to tourists, and those in

Rajshahi railway to transport agri-products to Dhaka from Saturday

Rajshahi Correspondent: The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway will transport agricultural products, including vegetables, fish and meat, to Dhaka from Rajshahi region at a cheap cost from tomorrow (Saturday). Growers

Asif warns of taking tougher action to break market syndicate

BSS, Dhaka: Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Labour and Employment Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain today said that the government would take tougher action to break syndicate

Commodity duty waiver yields little impact, only egg prices drop

TDS Desk: Despite the interim government’s recent decision to waive duties on six essential commodities—rice, oil, sugar, onions, potatoes, and eggs—only egg prices have seen a reduction, while the cost

Businesses worried as interest rates keep rising

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has taken initiatives, including raising the policy interest rate, to restrict the flow of money in the market to tame inflation that has been raging