Business-Economy

Risk-based reforms could cut food import delays by 80pc: Study

TDS Desk: The average clearance time for food and agricultural imports in Bangladesh could be slashed by up to 80 per cent through targeted risk-management reforms, a new study has

Govt to endorse new nat’l strategy

TDS Desk: The interim government is set to adopt a new national strategy for prevention of money laundering and illicit financial outflow from the country with incorporation of a few

BD getting 40MW power from Nepal

Staff Correspondent: Nepal has started exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh using Indian transmission lines under a tripartite agreement. According to Power Grid Bangladesh, the country started receiving electricity

Bangladesh May PMI score rises by 6 points to 58.9

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s overall Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) score in May saw an increase of 6.0 points from April to reach 58.9. Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka

5 Islamic banks to merge into one, no one will lose their jobs: BB governor

Staff Correspondent: Five private-sector Islamic banks are set to be merged into a single entity soon, but employees of these banks will not lose their jobs, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan

Crore-taka bank accounts edge down by 719 in March quarter

Staff Correspondent: The number of bank account holders with deposits of at least Tk1 crore in the country declined by 719 at the end of the first quarter of this