BB’s dollar buying spree slows amid import surge
The Bangladesh Bank’s dollar buying spree slowed down in the first five months of 2021 since the country’s major export destinations were going through massive ...Details
Thousands end up in tobacco farming as other crops fail
Forty-seven-year-old Chasahla Marma has grown tobacco leaves half his life, and almost every season he has found himself indebted after selling out his produce to cigarette ...Details
GP, Robi, BL lose 5.9 lakh connections in April
The country’s three private mobile operators, Grameenphone, Robi Axiata and Banglalink, lost 5.9 lakh connections in April amid the Covid restrictions the government ...Details
Soya bean oil price goes up by Tk 9 per litre in Bangladesh
The government on Thursday allowed edible oil refiners to increase the price of soya bean oil by Tk 9 a litre to Tk 153 a litre.
On May 3, the government allowed ...Details
Tax waiver planned to encourage ‘Made in Bangladesh’
In doing so, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) plans to keep the local production of goods substituting foreign items outside the purview of tax and VAT in the next ...Details
