Business-Economy

NBR lowers capital gains tax on share sales to boost stock market investment

TDS Desk: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced a reduction in the capital gains tax on profits from the sale of shares in listed companies on Bangladesh’s stock

A ‘million-dollar’ wedding and the death of an unpaid RMG worker

TDS Desk: This is a tale of two realities. In one, a “million-dollar” wedding of Bangladeshi businessman Javed Opgenhaffen dazzled Paris last year; in the other, a female worker’s life

Dhaka Stock Exchange sees upward trend in early trading Monday

TDS Desk: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) observed a positive trend in the first hour of trading on Monday morning, despite heightened selling pressure. Trading data shows that in the

Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway wins awards for green mobility, innovation

TDS Desk: The 27.1-kilometer Nairobi Expressway, built by a Chinese firm, received four prestigious awards on Friday evening for advancing green and seamless mobility in Kenya and across the East

Helal Ahmed made BASIC Bank chairman

TDS Desk: The government has appointed Helal Ahmed Chowdhury as the chairman of BASIC Bank Limited for the next three years. A notification, signed by Afsana Bilkis, deputy secretary of

Direct air link to Africa will help Bangladesh become a regional hub: Foreign Adviser

The inaugural flight on the Addis Ababa-Dhaka-Addis Ababa route landed in Dhaka on Sunday morning TDS Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain expressed optimism that the newly launched direct