Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has recommended the government to sign free trade agreement (FTA) with the Mercosur member states as it found trade potentials in the market. Bangladesh has enormous untapped trade potentials in the South American trading bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela with having very low...
Read moreThe Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of Bangladesh has started registering local exporters with the European Union database, known as REX (registered exporter) system, to facilitate issuance of statement on origin of goods and retain the GSP (generalised system of preference) facility in the European Union. Under the system, EPB has...
Read moreBangladesh has become the top destination for scrapped ships in the world with bringing the highest number of such vessels in the first half of the current year, according to a global coalition. During the period, a total of 374 ships were broken in the world and some 156 of...
Read moreCommerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the government is considering exporting jackfruit following bumper production of the seasonal fruit in the country during the current season.The minister said this while inaugurating a three-day 'Fruit Tree Fair' in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Sunday, reports BSS.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) has signed an agreement with Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution Company Limited in the city recently on gas bill payment, says a statement.Under the agreement, clients of Titas Gas will be able to pay their gas bill at any branches of the BDBL located...
Read moreThe total number of tourists that flocked to India from Bangladesh was even higher than the number of total tourists who arrived in India from all western European countries, said a report published on mediaindia.eu.According to India Tourism Statistics 2018 published by the ministry of tourism, in 2017 India received...
Read moreDr Sheikh Shamsuddin Ahmad has joined Janata Bank Limited as a member of the Board of Directors of the state-owned commercial bank, says a statement.Presently, he is a professor at the Finance Department of the University of Dhaka (DU).He was a senior economist of the World Bank from 2007 to...
Read moreSeven successful women in business received 'Colors Platinum Business Women Awards 2019' at a ceremony in the capital recently, reports UNB.Rumana Chowdhury of Warah won Platinum Business Woman of the Year Award, Sausan Khan Moyeen of Enchanted Events & Prints, the Business Enterprise of the Year, Tania Wahab of Karigar...
Read moreONE Bank Limited Chairman Sayeed H. Chowdhury delivering speech at the bank's 20th anniversary programme at a city hotel recently with the bank's Vice Chairman Asoke Das Gupta, Managing Director M. Fakhrul Alam, clients and social elite present
Read moreStandard Bank Limited donated a lift to the BIRDEM Hospital. The bank's Chairman Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO Mamun-Ur-Rashid and authorities of the hospital inaugurating the lift installation at the hospital at Shahbag in the capital on Saturday
Read moreJamuna Bank Limited Chairman Engr. Md. Atiqur Rahman, Directors Engr. A. K. M. Mosharraf Hussain and Kanutosh Majumder, Managing Director & CEO Shafiqul Alam, and senior executives of the bank taking part in a seminar on "Severity of Narcotics and our Responsibilities for Combating it" at a hotel in Jashore,...
Read moreWASHINGTON, July 21 (AFP): Global heat maps of extreme poverty show Africa in deep red.And the problem will only accelerate as population on the continent grows in coming decades."The problems are very real and are large," newly installed World Bank President David Malpass told AFP in an interview.The International Monetary...
Read moreBEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua): The platform economy, one of the new growth drivers backed by the fast-expanding Internet sector, is expected to continue robust growth in China as the government pledged more facilitating measures.At the latest executive meeting of the State Council, authorities vowed another basket of measures to beef...
Read moreTAIPEI, July 21 (Xinhua): Taiwan's economic growth forecast for 2019 has been further lowered to 2.01 per cent, according to the island's Academia Sinica.Taiwan's outbound orders, exports and industrial production data have all showed sluggish performances due to the trade tensions between the Chinese mainland and the United States, the...
Read moreREYKJAVIK, July 21 (AFP): The hot springs of Iceland are not the only thing making tourists sweat, as a look at the hotel or lunch bill will tell you that most things cost more, sometimes much more, than anywhere else in Europe.On the subarctic island, consumer prices were on average...
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