Business-Economy

BB paves way for PayPal, international payment services launch

TDS Desk: Bangladesh Bank has paved the way to launch international digital payment and money transfer services, including PayPal and Payoneer, in the country. Under a new policy framework, domestic

New roadmap to attract investment in 44 closed state-owned factories

TDS Desk: The government is close to finalising a new roadmap to attract private investment into 44 long-idle state-owned industrial and commercial enterprises, aiming to complete the entire investment approval

Prime Minister assures steps to resolve gas crisis in industrial sector

TDS Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has assured business leaders that the government will take steps to address the ongoing gas crisis affecting the country’s industrial sector. The assurance was

Illegal fuel stations running brisk business under nose of administration

Administration turns blind eye Md Washim Sheikh: Setting up an unauthorized petrol pump on the roadside is not only illegal, but also risky. However, a number of such illegal mini

Mango orchards becoming new tourist attractions in Rajshahi, C’ganj

C’ganj Correspondent: As dawn breaks across the fertile plains of northwestern Bangladesh, the mango orchards of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj awaken with quiet energy. Farmers climb ladders beneath sprawling century-old trees,

CNG stations to remain open on 30 July as strike withdrawn

Staff Reporter: The Bangladesh CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association has withdrawn its planned nationwide shutdown of CNG filling stations scheduled for 30 July, meaning all CNG stations