The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has significantly increased the transaction limits of the mobile financial services (MFS) following growing use of the services across the country.The central bank issued a circular in this regard on Sunday, enhancing daily cash-in limit of the MFS to Tk 30,000 from Tk 15,000 and daily...
Read moreFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday the government would put restrictions on rice imports to protect farmers in the wake of falling paddy prices.The government would try to export rice, if needed, by subsidising farmers to offset the price fall, he added."We have to protect farmers. What we...
Read moreThe consumption of major staples at the household level is falling rapidly in the country, which is happening as people spend on foods outside homes.This was revealed in the final version of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) report, released last week.The HIES report shows that rice consumption fell...
Read moreThe ADB has attached some conditions, including the approval of the proposed organogram of the securities regulator, to the release of the second tranche of $170 million for the Third Capital Market Development Programme (CMDP3).Several pending policy actions under the CMDP3 have to be implemented by May 31 to receive...
Read moreThe High Court has scrapped three government circulars imposing a minimum age of 12 and a half years to be eligible for the status of a freedom fighter. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil issued the rule after hearing 15 writs challenging the age limit. At the same time,...
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