Business-Economy

FBCCI president calls for further help for flood victims

TDS Desk: Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Mahbubul Alam sunday (25 August) urged the business community and industrial conglomerates to lend more support to the

Debapriya meets finance adviser to discuss white paper committee’s activities

TDS Desk: Debapriya Bhattacharya, the principal of the White Paper Drafting Committee and a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) fellow, met Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed Sunday

BB hikes cash withdrawal limit to Tk 4 lakh

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has increased the cash withdrawal limit from banks to Tk 4 lakh per account this week, which was Tk 3 lakh previous week. The central

Prices of dry food, candle, drinking water shot up in flood-hit areas

TDS Desk: Prices of essential products including dry food and drinking water have shot up in the flood-hit districts as traders increased their prices with rise in the demand of

RMG exports facing setback as floods disrupt transport of goods

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s export of readymade garments (RMG), one of the lifelines of the country’s economy, is facing a setback as floods have left Chattogram, Bangladesh’s vital port city, completely

Cenbank’s bond game: Profit for some, inflation for all

TDS Desk: Bangladesh Bank’s former governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and deputy governor Kazi Sayedur Rahman unlocked a lucrative opportunity for banks: invest in treasury bills and bonds, borrow against them,