AT law to be suspended for 2 yrs; Finance Bill passed
Sangsad Bhaban – The Finance Bill 2017 was passed in Parliament on Wednesday with some…
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Stocks maintain upward trend
Dhaka, June 28 – Stocks maintained an upward trend on both bourses as trading resumed…
PM blames dishonest traders for rice price hike
Dhaka, Jun 28 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said manipulation by dishonest traders…
VAT law suspended, new excise duty slabs in budget
Dhaka, Jun 28 – The Finance Bill 2017 was passed in Parliamenton Wednesday with some…
PM’s assertion on development ‘hollow': BNP
Dhaka, June 27 – BNP on Tuesday termed ‘hollow’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks that…
Taka 28 crore IFAD fund for Sri Lanka smallholder agribusiness
Rome, 26 June – The International Fund for Agricultural Development and Government of Sri Lanka…
Yes – microlending reduces extreme poverty
by Quanda Zhang A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more…
Getting rid of Germany’s excessive current account surplus
by Gustav Horn There’s no end to the criticism of the excessive German current account…
Dhaka more expensive than Washington for expats
Dhaka, Jun 23 – Dhaka city is more expensive than Washington, capital of the United…
PM seeks AL’s reelection to continue dev
Dhaka, Jun 23 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged people to give their…
The answer is wages, not capital
by Jordi Angusto As in any other religion, faith lies behind capitalism. Faith that capital…
Drama on politics to highlight PM, says BNP
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is staging a drama over the new national…
Netherlands contributes14m euro for agribusiness in BD
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced it will contribute 14.8 million euros…
Asia-Pacific: Farming rice and fish together to reduce poverty
By IPS World Desk Rome/Bangkok, Jun 20 (IPS) – Rice is a major food commodity…
World poverty could halve if all adults had secondary education
Paris, 21 June—A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be…
Worst landslide-hit Rangamati roadlink partially restored
Dhaka – The 70km Chittagong-Rangamati road link has been restored yesterday by connecting it a…
Benelux, Baltic and Nordic leaders meet ahead of EU summit
The Hague – Leaders of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are due to meet with…
About 5000 BD workers jobless in Bahrain
Dhaka – Parliamentarian Caucus on Migration and Development Chairman M Israfil Alam on Wednesday said…
Some 116 projects in power sector need $24.73 billion investment
Dhaka – State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has urged the country`s banks…
Tokyo stocks open lower on oil woes
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday after three days of gains, tracking Wall Street’s losses…
Legal notice demands cancellation of Excise duty on bank Ac
Dhaka – A legal notice was yesterday sent to the government requesting cancellation of all…
GDP growth in outgoing fiscal year 7.24 percent
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith here today said the GDP growth would be made…
Six telecom companies pay Ta 8.5 billion revenue
Six mobile phone operators of the country has paid Tk 855.01 crore as revenue in…
Govt. cuts 18 percent duty on rice import
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the government has decided to slash import duty on rice…
Immigration and economic growth: Is keynes back?
by Bo Rothstein There is something very strange going on in the current debate on…
Chevron prevails in Ecuador pollution battle at US Supreme Court
Oil giant Chevron prevailed Monday in a long-running legal battle over pollution in Ecuador, with…
Davis ‘positive’ as UK enters Brexit negotiations
Brexit Secretary David Davis has said he is entering negotiations on the UK’s exit from…
Asian markets extend gains at start of the week
Asian markets on Monday built on last week’s gains following another record on Wall Street,…
Change in Excise Duty on Bank Accounts on cards: Muhith
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith today said the decision on the proposed excise duty…
China ‘backyard’ pig farmers squeezed as sector scales up
Walking through swarms of flies at his piggry on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Jin…