Day: September 5, 2024
Business Report : Southeast Bank PLC. has provided financial support to Habiganj Agricultural University for agricultural research under a special...
Business Report : Md Shafiqur Rahman has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh...
Business Report : NRBC Bank has helped the injured and those undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the anti-discrimination student...
Business Report : Bangladesh is likely to seek financial assistance from the US during talks with a US delegation scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on September 15, said Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain on Tuesday. US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu will lead the delegation, which includes Brent Neiman, acting assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development at the US Department of the Treasury.The delegation will call on the Chief Adviser and hold meetings with the Finance...
Business Report : Taxation rules and processes, including that for income, needs to be revised and automated to make it easy for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises to run business, Ashraf Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Wednesday. In case of businesses with multiple ventures, taxation at multiple levels should be scrapped by allowing profits of one concern to cover for losses of another, he requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman...
Business Report : Protests by retrenched garment workers and job seekers continued in Ashulia and Gazipur, as workers from several garment factories and unemployed young adults demanded various concessions, prompting authorities to close over 60 factories on Wednesday. Later, the law enforcement agencies intervened and managed to restore normalcy.“The government will take immediate action to address the growing labor unrest, which officials believe is being fuelled by external influences,” said Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, Labor and Employment adviser, following a...
Business Desk : Farzana Lalarukh, Associate Professor of the University of Dhaka, has been appointed as the commissioner of the...
Business Report : The business climate in Bangladesh remains unstable following the fall of the Awami League government.Although an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus was formed on August 8, the return to normalcy in trade and commerce is expected to take time, according to several business officials.The country has been in turmoil since early July, with mass student protests culminating in the ousting of prime minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. In wake of these events,...
City Desk : Environmental, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasized the need for integrating environmental policies into agri-food systems during her address at the 8th IUCN Regional Conservation Forum.The forum, held in Bangkok on Wedneday, brought together experts from across Asia to discuss pressing environmental issues, according to a press release, reports BSS. She called for the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices, including organic food production and reduced use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and support of...
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