Further cut in export cash incentive before LDC graduation unlikely
Squeezing cash incentives anymore is unlikely before Bangladesh's graduation from the world poor-country club as the government prioritises propping up trade and industry to navigate global trade uncertainties, officials say. To support trade against adverse affect of tariff wars and "hostile attitude" of the neighbouring partners, they add, the current...
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Corporate external borrowing ebbs amid economic sluggishness
Corporate external borrowing keeps ebbing down amid sluggish economic activity, at home as also abroad, with the short-term overseas debt stock having dropped to $10.06 billion in June.Officials and money-market analysts see such unrelenting contraction in private-sector foreign debt not a good sign for the private sector-led economy as interest...
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Govt rejects allegation of undermining media freedom
The Interim Government on Friday firmly dismissed, what it said, Newspapers Owners' Association (NOAB) allegation that it has undermined media freedom, asserting that the incumbent government has maintained an unprecedented hands-off approach towards media operations during its tenure.The NOAB had issued a statement on the current developments inside the Daily...
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Chapainawabganj traders press govt to resume permit issuance
A group of export-import traders in the Sonamasjid area of Chapainawabganj has urged the government to resume issuing permits to import onions from neighbouring India.Onion prices skyrocketed in the last two days in the capital by Tk 10-20 to Tk 80 per kg.The Sona Masjid Importer and Exporter Group recently...
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Operational cost to far exceed estimate
The overall cost of operation of the country's maiden Tk 80 billion single-point mooring (SPM) to carry petroleum products from the sea to land is set to be much higher than the estimation as the authorities concerned have moved to assign a foreign contractor to look after both of its...
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Prayer Timings (2025-08-09)
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