Business & Economy

bdnews24.com :Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent home $ 1.16 billion in August, 22 percent less than they did in July.In July, the remittance inflow was $ 1.49 billion, an all-time high.The central bank, however, says...

National Board of Revenue (NBR) targets to earn about Tk 1,500 crore from this year’s weeklong income tax fair beginning from September 16, one day after National Income Tax Day-2014.The fair will be arranged...

UNB, Dhaka :The Netherlands want to make Bangladesh a hub for their IT outsourcing apart from extending technological support and collaboration in the areas of flood and water management.A big delegation from the Netherlands...

Xinhua, St. Petersburg :One of Russia’s largest fish-processing factories in the northern port city of Murmansk has been forced to suspend operations lately due to newly imposed sanctions.Mikhail Zub, head of the Murmansky Rybokombinat,...

Xinhua, Geneva :Switzerland tops the overall rankings of 144 economies, followed by Singapore and the United States, said the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Wednesday.According to the latest...

AFP, Manila :Standing near mountains of goods destined to be smuggled through the Philippines’ biggest port, the nation’s customs chief admits that being on the frontline of the president’s war on graft is overwhelming.“I’ve...

bdnews24.com :Bangladesh has sought ‘Bay of Bengal partnership’ for sustainable economic growth leveraging the blue ocean to its south.“Blue economy must be inclusive and people-centric,” the foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali said on Tuesday...

BSS, Jessore :A total of 6,94,181 hectares of land were brought under T-Aman paddy cultivation in 10 districts under Khulna division during the current season with the production target of 17,96,752 tonnes of rice,...