All Finance

President urges to spread spirit of liberation war and communal harmony at grassroots

Moyna to screen in South Korea

Intern doctors to stop their agitation for a month after Health Minister's assurance

Murderous Zia-Mushtaq gang destroyed the spirit of Liberation War: Obaidul Quader

United States wants to uphold democracy in Bangladesh

Exports to China fall despite tariff benefits

Dhaka, July 29: In the last fiscal year, Bangladesh's exports to China fell to $677 million, which is the lowest in the last three years.

শুল্ক সুবিধা থাকতেও চীনে রপ্তানি কমেছে

Dhaka, July 29: In the last fiscal year, Bangladesh's exports to China fell to $677 million, which is the lowest in the last three years.

The first consignment of vehicles bought using Indian Rupee arrives via Benapole

Own Correspondent, Dhaka, 26 July 2023: The first consignment of 30 lorries bought using Indian Rupee arrived from India on Tuesday evening through Benapole port. Through this, trade between Bangladesh and India has officially started in Indian Rupees. The first consignment of 30 lorries (trucks) bought from India for arrived in the country on Tuesday through Benapole land port. After 15 days of LC opening, these products arrived in the country.

Tk 15,475 cr comes in remittance in 21 days

Dhaka, July 24: Remittances or expatriate income has held a good position amid the country's ongoing dollar crisis. Just like the recently concluded June, there is a positive trend in July as well. Stakeholders hope that if remittance warriors continue to send their remittances, it will cross the $2 billion ($2.10 billion) mark by the end of July.

Come to the election and check the popularity, tells Matia Chowdhury to BNP

Dhaka, 23 July 2023: Begum Matia Chowdhury, deputy leader of the Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Awami League presidium, called on BNP to verify its popularity by participating in the elections.

Bangladesh's economy grew 271 times in 50 years: Policy Watcher

Dhaka, 23 July 2023 : American online newspaper Policy Watcher praised the economic success of Bangladesh and said the country has emerged as a case study of financial development in the world.

Australia will continue to provide duty-free benefits to Bangladeshi products even after its transition from LDC

Dhaka, July 22: Australia's assistant minister for trade, Senator Tim Ayers, said that Australia will continue to provide duty and quota-free benefits to Bangladeshi products, despite the transition from a less developed country to a developing country.

Russia's largest bank wants to open a branch in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 21: Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has shown interest in opening a branch in Bangladesh. Bank authorities say they want to open a branch in Bangladesh to facilitate bilateral trade and start transactions in alternative currencies to the dollar.

UAE keen to invest in renewable energy sector

Dhaka, July 21: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has shown interest in investing in Bangladesh's energy sector, particularly in renewable energy.

Denmark is interested in investing $130 crore in wind power generation

Dhaka, July 19: Denmark has expressed interest in investing USD 130 crore in offshore wind power generation in Bangladesh. Ambassador of Denmark Winnie Estrup Petersen expressed this interest during a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.

'Tariff policy' being used to expand market for domestic products

Dhaka, July 18: The government is doing tariff policy to expand the market and trade of Bangladeshi products in the international market. For this purpose, the cabinet has given the in-principle approval of the draft of 'National Tariff Policy, 2023'. The Cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday.

Record Tk 10,801 cr came in remittance in 14 days in July: Report

Dhaka, July 17: The dollar crisis in the country is not over yet. In the meantime, Bangladesh Bank is constantly providing dollars from foreign currency reserves to meet urgent import expenses. It is also straining the reserves. Net reserves (IMF accounting system) decreased to 23.57 billion dollars.

Indian rupee exchange will reduce dependence on reserves: Pranay Verma

Dhaka, July 12: Pranay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner appointed in Dhaka, said that Indian rupee exchange will reduce dependence on foreign exchange reserves. 

The revenue deficit in the last financial year is Tk 44,000 crores

Dhaka, July 10: National Board of Revenue (NBR) failed to achieve revenue collection targets. In the recently concluded financial year 2022-23, the revenue target of the organization was Tk 3 lakh 70 thousand crores. Against this, Tk 3 lakh 25 thousand 272 crores have been collected. This is Tk 44 thousand 728 crores less than the target. Tax collection has increased by 8 percent in the last financial year. As a result, NBR failed to achieve the revenue collection target for 11 consecutive years.

Transactions in rupees with India started on July 11

Dhaka, July 9, 2023 : In addition to the existing system of dealing with India in US dollars, the transaction in rupees will start on Tuesday, July 11.