Forex reserves to dip further this week
Business Desk :Low remittance and export earnings figures in September and October will prove to be costly, as another routine import payment to the Asian...
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RFL-Rainbow starts manufacturing spray paint in BD
Business Desk :Rainbow Paints, a paint brand of RFL Group, has introduced spray paint to the market for the first time in order to break...
Consumers continue to suffer from price hikes
Business Desk :Consumers were still unable to get relief from rising prices in the capital’s kitchen markets, forcing them to be extremely thrifty when purchasing...
Trade cooperation deal soon between BD-Japan
Business Desk :Bangladesh and Japan are set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade cooperation between, which officials says will act as a...
S. Africa gets $497m from World Bank to move away from coal
AFP :South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitters, has been granted financing of $497 million to decommission one of its largest coal-fired power...
Banking hours set from 10am to 4:00pm
Business Desk :The government has ordered commercial banks to reschedule their banking hours from 10am to 4:00pm instead of the existing office 9am to 3pm.Bangladesh...
NBR to set up 3 lakh EFD machines in next 5 yrs
Business Desk :The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has signed agreement with Genex Infosys Ltd aiming at collecting additional Tk 200 billion revenue from the...
World food index slips in Oct despite higher cereal prices
Business Desk :The United Nations food agency’s world price index edged slightly lower in October, the seventh consecutive monthly fall and some 14.9% down from...