Business-Economy

Upcoming budget for FY 2021-22: Imposition of specific taxes on tobacco products demanded

Increasing of tobacco products’ prices and taxes would prevent around 800,000 premature deaths as well as it would help to earn additional money amounting at Tk 3,400 crore as revenues.

2nd wave of Corona pandemic: Foreign labour market facing new threat

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s foreign labour market is going to face a long-term crisis due to hit by second wave of corona pandemic. With the appearance of corona’s second phase, the

Govt to announce a budget of Tk 6,00000 cr for FY 2021-22

Country’s budget size increased 722 times in 50 years Staff Correspondent: Despite the massive outbreak of coronavirus, this year the government is going to announce a big sum of budget

Malaysian labour market sinks into darkness of uncertainty again

Malaysia is one of the important labour markets in the world Staff Correspondent: As the Malaysian labour market is going to reopen for Bangladeshis after a long struggle, it has

Low-income people are running in OMS

FBD Desk: Rising prices of rice and flour have taken a toll. As a result, low-income people are rushing to the Food Department’s OMS (Open Market Sale) to buy these

Online shopping boomed but many falling prey to fraudsters

FBD Desk: As online shopping has become much more popular amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of unscrupulous e-commerce businessmen has started cheating unsuspecting netizens taking advantage of the lack