Business-Economy

BD holds 29.74 TCF extractable gas reserves: Tuku

BSS: Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Iqbal Hassan Mahmood has informed the Parliament that Bangladesh currently has an estimated 29.74 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of extractable natural gas

Transport owners propose to hike fares

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association has demanded a revision of bus and truck fares, citing an increase in diesel prices at the consumer level following the government’s

Energy minister expresses concern over artificial fuel crisis

TDS Desk: Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood today (19 April) said unscrupulous traders are hoarding and black marketing fuel in different parts of the country, creating

Price of 12kg LPG cylinder rises by Tk 212

Staff Reporter: The price of privately supplied liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the consumer level has been increased for the second time in a month. This time, the price has

Bangladesh leads denim garment exports to EU, US markets

TDS Desk: The story dates back 42 years. In the Fisheries ghat area of Chattogram, the late Nasir Uddin, founding chairman of Pacific Jeans Group, established a jeans manufacturing factory

VAT exemptions to go, sparing poorest 40%

Limiting exemptions only to people living below the poverty line may prove difficult in practice Highlights: Government plans removing most VAT exemptions, except for poorest groups Proposal discussed at April